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THE NEW LICENSING BILL: OVER‐REGULATING THE BRITISH PUB?
Author(s) -
Neame Stuart
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0270.00412
Subject(s) - parliament , law , business , public administration , political science , advertising , politics
A rash of new youth‐oriented pubs over‐concentrated in city centres has led to drunken youths menacing our city streets, and to the decline of Britain's traditional pubs, the cornerstones of local communities. Far from addressing these problems, the Licensing Bill now before Parliament proposes much greater regulation which will increase costs, reduce pubs’ ability to adapt, ban unlicensed live music and discriminate still further against community pubs.