>>>> Return-path: Resent-date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 12:32:52 -0005 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 18:33:31 +0200 Resent-from: [log in to unmask] From: Robin Room Subject: all hours for British pubs? Sender: Kettil Bruun Society Approved-by: Robin Room Resent-to: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Reply-to: Kettil Bruun Society Resent-message-id: X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Original-recipient: rfc822;[log in to unmask] Guardian (London) arialNoisy all hours? Pubs should face spot fines, say MPs Geneva Wednesday October 27, 1999 Pubs should face on-the-spot penalties and the threat of reduced opening hours or a week's closure if they break new licensing laws, an all-party group of MPs said yesterday, writes James Meikle. The parliamentary beer group floated the idea of graded punishments to help protect neighbours from extra noise that might result from an open-all-hours policy. But it strongly backed a shake-up in liquor rules in England and Wales being considered by the home office. John Grogan, chairman of the group's panel on licensing reform, and Labour MP for Selby, North Yorkshire, said business leaders had told the panel the present restrictions undermined attempts to bring trade and sports events to Britain, and bemused tourists. The home office has already declared that the millennium will be an open-all-hours experiment. The Brewers and Licensed Retailers' Association said: "What is right for the millennium ought to be right for every day of the week." <<<<<<<<