Government consultation into 24 hour airport drinking
A crackdown on airport drinking is to be considered
The Government is behind a new consultation.
It's looking into whether a change in serving hours could affect alcohol related problems on flights.
The consultation is as follows:
In May 2016, the House of Lords appointed a Select Committee to carry out post-legislative scrutiny of the Licensing Act 2003 (“the Act”).
The Select Committee took a particular interest in disruptions caused by drunken airline passengers and implications of airside alcohol consumption for crime, disorder and public safety at international airports in England and Wales.
The Select Committee recommended in its report, published in April 2017, that in light of the increased number of alcohol related incidents at airports in recent years, the government should revoke the exemptions from the Act that apply to 24 international airports in England and Wales. The government committed to issuing a call for evidence in response to this recommendation.
The aim of this call for evidence is to allow the government to assess:
the true scale of the problem of drunk and disruptive passengers at international airports in England and Wales
the extent to which airports and airlines use effectively the existing statutory powers and other measures to address the problem
the impact of these interventions as well as the proposed application of the Act
The call for evidence is broken into 5 main sections:
Section 1: scale of the problem of drunk and disruptive airline passengers
Section 2: effectiveness and limitations of the current statutory and voluntary instruments in managing the problem of drunk and disruptive airline passengers
Section 3: the impact the Act could have on addressing the problem of drunk and disruptive passengers if applied airside at international airports in England and Wales
Section 4: economic implications of applying the Act airside at international airports in England and Wales
Section 5: administration of the Act airside: feasibility and practicalities
We want to hear from a range of individuals, public sector organisations, airlines, airports and businesses, about the extent to which the problem of drunk of disruptive passengers affects them. We also want to hear views on whether a legislative intervention is necessary and what implications, if any, a decision to maintain or remove the exemption under the Licensing Act 2003 would have.
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