Scottish Temperance & No Licence Union (temperance association: 1922-c1924: Scotland)

The Scottish Temperance & No Licence Union was a politically neutral temperance association formed on 3 April 1922 through the amalgamation of the Scottish Temperance League and the Scottish Permissive Bill & Temperance Association , both of which were Glasgow-based temperance groups. Discussion regarding the Union had begun in 1920 following the veto polls campaign encouraging the electorate of a district the right to decide by majority vote such issues as limitation of licence and local prohibition under the Temperance (Scotland) Act of 1913. The National Citizens Council were also invited to participate in these talks. The purpose of the amalgamation was partly to combine the promotion of legislative change undertaken by the Scottish Permissive Bill & Temperance Association and the propaganda and educational campaigns of the Scottish Temperance League. The National Citizens Council believed that these two activities should remain separate and declined to join.

The new Union had offices at 226 West George Street, Glasgow, previously the offices of the Scottish Temperance League. The objectives of the Union were to promote abstinence from intoxicating beverages; to work for the entire suppression of the traffic of intoxicating beverages by the will and vote of people; and to promote progressive and oppose reactionary legislation and assist enforcement of the law dealing with liquor traffic. Membership was open to all members of the predecessor associations and sympathisers of the temperance movement.

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