Commenting on remarks made by the Justice Secretary that the Scottish Government would contest any legal challenge to its plans to raise the minimum purchase age for alcohol, Liberal Democrat Justice spokesperson Robert Brown MSP said:

"Kenny MacAskill should be concentrating on framing laws that work rather than putting things into a never-never land of legal and practical uncertainty.

“I do, however, think that a legal challenge to this plan should be the least of the Government’s worries, given the strong political and civic opposition it has, quite rightly, attracted.”