Glasgow back tracks on glass ban.

Glasgow City Council has decided against a blanket ban on pubs using glasses and instead will target certain premises.

Under the new plan, venues will only have to scrap glass when they open after midnight.

The vast majority of pubs in Glasgow do not open after midnight so the ban will not affect them. It will, however, affect nightclubs.

British Beer and Pub Association director of communications Mark Hastings gave a cautious welcome to the news but didn't rule out further actoin against the city council for imposing unfair licensing conditions.

He said: "We view Glasgow's view to amend it's policy as a positive move, but we reserve the right to take further legal action once we've studied the policy in detail."​

Real ale campaign group CAMRA expressed concerns that a knee-jerk ban on conventional glasses would damage the reputation of Glasgow's public houses, restrict availability of specialty foreign beers and reduce pubgoers enjoyment of a pint of Scottish real ale.

There were also fears the move would have raised costs for pubs and bars and led to the creation of more plastic waste.

Speaking after the city's licensing board announced the climb-down, CAMRA Scottish director Ken Davie said: "I am delighted that the Glasgow Licensing Board has seen sense. ​

"Banning the use of conventional glass in all Glasgow's public houses would have sent a very negative message to all visitors to the city and was bound to damage tourism.

"It is right and proper that a ban is imposed where a venue has a history of assaults using glass, however the vast majority of Glasgow's public houses are well run and trouble free.

"It is gratifying that law-abiding pub-goers will now be treated like adults and a very small minority of hooligans will not be allowed to ruin the image of Scotland's superb cities."