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The reasons why the licensing hours should be extended?
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The reasons why the licensing hours should be extended? Nick Livingston Miss Murphy "Given that the majority of people in Scotland drink sensibly and responsibly, the licensing system should be as free from restrictions as possible". The Nicholson Committee argue that people should be free to drink as they please without the government imposing laws on the public, which make Scotland, seem like a "nanny state". Britain's licensing laws are archaic and therefore shouldn't apply nowadays. The majority of pubs shut at eleven o'clock and this results in many problems, which an extension of hours would solve. A typical Saturday night in Glasgow frequently ends in trouble, and we, as caring human beings should strive to do anything in our power to halt this anarchic behaviour which includes fights, rapes and murders. Statistics being studied by the Home Office show that half of city centre arrests after eleven o'clock are linked to violent crime...
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