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24 Hour Licenses

Asked whether the government was overruling some police chiefs’ views on 24 hour licensing, the PMOS said the police themselves had highlighted the problems they faced every week by a uniform "turfing out" time. Therefore, the argument was for flexible opening hours. What the law also allowed was for targeted action to be taken against the areas where there were problems, whilst at the same time, not penalising the majority of people who wanted social drinking at a time that suited them. The PMOS reminded people that the Prime Minister had said yesterday that the industry had a very small percentage of applications for a 24 hour license (1-2%), and those applications had not yet been granted yet.

Asked if Richard Caborn was wrong to suggest that the police had supported the Prime Minister, the PMOS said there were differences of view, adding that it was ACPO’s concern about uniform closing times that was the origin of this action.

Asked if Charles Clarke had given further indication about further resources from the licensing trade, as well as other sources, the PMOS said it was better that the Home Office dealt with the question. However, in terms of police resources, 12,000 extra police officers were now on the streets.

2 Comments »

I feel the 24 hour drinking license is a good idea. The fact is, there will be less fights as not everyone will be leaving at the same time, which is definitely a good thing. Also, people will have more time to drink, therefore surely cutting down on binge drinking. I may only be 18, but im not stupid. I don’t drink a lot anyway, but i know people who do. I think this bill would benefit them greatly.
Comment by Laura Mayes — 24 Feb 2005 on 4:36 pm | Link
18 year olds dont know nothing, i know coz i was one. You TWAT.
Comment by M — 20 Apr 2005 on 3:07 pm | Link

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