This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Lower the drinking age to 17
We want the drinking age within pubs, excluding spirits to be lowered from 18 to 17 as we believe that if we are legally seen to be responsible enough to drive on the road at 17
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with the risk of being held to account of killing or crashing into another human being ,then we should be able to be responsible enough to make decisions with if we can or cannot drink Alchol.
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