Alcoholism
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on alcoholism. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 26.07.2013 | A minimum price for alcohol? |
| In public debate the term 'minimum pricing' has been used generically to refer to two different policies. The first is to set a minimum price per unit of alcohol. The second is to ban the sale of alcohol below cost price. | |
| 11.04.2013 | Driving: alcohol |
| This note sets out the offences associated with driving and drinking and the policies of successive governments. | |
| 29.03.2012 | Statistics on alcohol |
| Statistics on alcohol by Rachael Harker (SN/SG/3311) presents statistical information on aspects of drinking. The Note examines trends and patterns in drinking among adults and young people. It also includes information on alcohol-related ill health, NHS hospital activity and the cost of alcohol misuse | |
| 10.05.2011 | Sources of social statistics: Health Services and Public Health |
| 13.10.2009 | Alcohol policy and the effects of The Licensing Act 2003 |
| This article reviews some figures on alcohol-related mortality and morbidity, discusses the policy challenge posed by excessive alcohol consumption and evaluates some of the statistics that have emerged following the implementation of The Licensing Act. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 18.03.2010 | Alcohol. |
| Government response. Department of Health report [Commons] | |
| 10.12.2009 | Alcohol. |
| Health Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 15.07.2009 | Reducing alcohol harm: health services in England for alcohol misuse. |
| Public Accounts Committee report [Commons] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 18.10.2011 | SUPER-STRENGTH WHITE CIDER |
| That this House notes the announcement in the 2011 Budget that new duty rates would apply to low strength and high strength beers and that these new rates took effect from 1 October ... | |
| 18.10.2011 | AFFORDABILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOL-RELATED HARM |
| That this House believes there is a link between alcohol-related harm and the availability and affordability of alcohol; further believes that urgent action is needed to reduce the ... | |
| 12.07.2011 | FOETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME |
| That this House notes with concern research carried out at the Medical Research Council's laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, which has concluded that alcohol damages DNA ... | |
| 14.12.2010 | UK ALCOHOL POLICY |
| That this House acknowledges the Government's aimof tackling alcohol harm; notes with concern its intention to work closely with global alcohol businesses in developing UK alcohol policy; ... | |
| 18.11.2010 | SUPERMARKET ALCOHOL PRICES CHRISTMAS 2010 |
| That this House condemns the move by a number of major supermarket chains to slash their prices for alcohol over the festive period; notes that this is yet another example of irresponsible ... |
