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Alcohol Related Crime

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Tessa Jowell said about a rise in crime once the Licensing Act started, the PMOS said as misquoted remarks went, it was a classic. What the Secretary of State actually said was that because the police were concentrating on a particular area, it was likely that more convictions would occur.

Asked if the Prime Minister agreed, the PMOS said it was better to see what the facts were. Interrupted, the PMOS said that the journalist was not Jeremy Paxman yet, and he left it to others to decide if he ever would be!! That did not mean that the figures would rise because of the Licensing Act, but rather the increased police focus on the area.

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