UK: SNP eyes alcohol age limit compromise
By just-drinks.com editorial team | 3 October 2008
Powers to raise the legal age for buying alcohol in shops in Scotland may be handed to local authorities, in order to side-step opposition in Parliament, insiders believe.
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Powers to raise the legal age for buying alcohol in shops in Scotland may be handed to local authorities, in order to side-step opposition in Parliament, insiders believe.
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