June 19th, 2006, 04:08 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: England
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Quote:
U-turn on Glasgow pub glass ban
Plans to ban glass in all of Glasgow's pubs by January 2007 to reduce violent attacks have been abandoned by the city's licensing board.
Instead only premises with the highest incidence of glass attacks will serve drinks in plastic or toughened glass.
This will remove about 95% of pubs from the direct requirements of the policy.
Councillor Gordon Macdiarmid, convener of the licensing board, said the decision to amend the policy had been a result of its "listening" role.
He said: "Publicans have claimed to be operating their premises responsibly and that the policy, as originally approved, had imposed an unnecessary burden on their methods of operation.
"They now have the opportunity to prove that they can operate responsibly in the absence of a higher degree of regulation."
The ban is already in force in city centre clubs and pubs with late night entertainment licences.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/h...st/5095956.stm
Published: 2006/06/19 15:49:02 GMT
© BBC MMVI
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Can this truly be a little bit of common sense in Scotland.
I wonder? 
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Regards, Richard  
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