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Astor the Fairy Godmother: The Intoxicating Liquor Act 1923
Open Library of Humanities Pub Date : 2020-01-01 , DOI: 10.16995/olh.567
Mari Takayanagi

Before 1923, a teenager could go into a pub at the age of 14 to buy and drink beer; aged 16, he or she could also buy spirits. The Intoxicating Liquor (Sale to Persons Under Eighteen) Act 1923 introduced the principle that people should be aged 18 to drink alcohol in bars, a situation which still exists today. The Act was the first successful private members’ bill from a woman MP, Nancy Astor. Although well-known as a temperance advocate, Astor’s role in this Bill is frequently underplayed, with her husband Waldorf often credited at her expense, and the significance of Parliamentary process not well understood. This paper will examine the background to Astor’s Bill, which emerged from ongoing wartime liquor restrictions, a changing discourse over alcohol and public health after the First World War, and a petition signed by 116,000 teachers. It will analyse the Parliamentary passage of the Bill in the face of die-hard opposition from many of Astor’s fellow Conservative MPs. Although amendments made in committee reduced the impact, this should not detract from Astor’s considerable success in the House of Commons. Astor’s Bill should be better recognised for its long-lasting impact on British society, as a success for temperance campaigners, and as one of the great achievements of Astor’s Parliamentary career. Astor’s Bill was also opposed by Edwin Scrymgeour, Britain’s only Prohibitionist MP, and the paper will consider how his extreme version of alcohol control assisted Astor’s more moderate approach.

中文翻译:

阿斯特童话教母:《醉酒法案》(1923年)

在1923年之前,一个少年可以在14岁时进入一家酒吧购买和喝啤酒。16岁的他或她还可以购买烈酒。1923年《醉酒(出售给18岁以下的人)法》提出了一项原则,即18岁的人们应该在酒吧喝酒,这种情况今天仍然存在。该法案是女议员南希·阿斯特(Nancy Astor)首次成功通过私人法案。尽管作为节制倡导者而众所周知,但阿斯特在本法案中的作用经常被低估,她的丈夫沃尔多夫常常以牺牲为代价而功成名就,而国会程序的重要性也未得到很好的理解。本文将研究Astor法案的背景,该法案源于战时对酒的持续限制,第一次世界大战后关于酒精和公共卫生的讨论日新月异以及116,000名教师签署的请愿书。面对许多Astor保守党议员的顽固反对,它将分析该法案在国会的通过。尽管委员会的修正减少了影响,但这不应损害Astor在下议院的巨大成功。应该更好地认识阿斯特法案,因为它对英国社会产生了长期影响,是节制运动家的成功,也是阿斯特议会事业的重大成就之一。阿斯特尔的比尔还遭到英国唯一的禁止党议员爱德温·史克里姆厄(Edwin Scrymgeour)的反对,该文件将考虑他的极端酒精控制如何帮助阿斯特采取更为温和的态度。这不应损害阿斯特在下议院的巨大成功。应该更好地认识阿斯特法案,因为它对英国社会产生了长期影响,是节制运动家的成功,也是阿斯特议会事业的重大成就之一。阿斯特尔的比尔还遭到英国唯一的禁止党议员爱德温·史克里姆厄(Edwin Scrymgeour)的反对,该文件将考虑他的极端酒精控制如何帮助阿斯特采取更为温和的态度。这不应损害阿斯特在下议院的巨大成功。应该更好地认识阿斯特法案,因为它对英国社会产生了长期影响,是节制运动家的成功,也是阿斯特议会事业的重大成就之一。阿斯特尔的比尔还遭到英国唯一的禁止党议员爱德温·斯克林格(Edwin Scrymgeour)的反对,该文件将考虑他的极端酒精控制如何帮助阿斯特采取更为温和的态度。
更新日期:2020-01-01
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