Minimum pricing on alcohol is unlikely to reduce alcohol misuse, is probably illegal and threatens one of Scotland’s key industries.
That is the Scotch Whisky Association’s (SWA) view on the controversial policy set out in the Alcohol Bill, published by the Scottish Government today.
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