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Friday, March 12, 2010

News MPs debate Health Committee report on alcohol


Kevin Barron MP, Chairman of the Health Select Committee opened a debate in the Commons on the Committee's recent report on alcohol. Gillian Merron, Minister of State, at the Health Department, responded to the debate.

Alcohol report

The main areas covered in the report and the subsequent Commons debate were:

  • history of alcohol consumption
  • impact of alcohol on health, the NHS and society as a whole, including the costs of crime and loss of work
  • analysis of the Government's alcohol strategy
  • NHS policies on prevention and treatment
  • education and information policies
  • marketing of alcohol, pubs and licensing
  • off-licence sales, particularly in supermarkets
  • price of alcohol and arguments for minimum pricing and rises in alcohol duty
  • proposals for a new alcohol strategy
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