United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL10967
Alcoholic Drinks: Prices
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1 December 2020
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10 December 2020 · Answer
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10 December 2020
Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the findings of the report by the Alcohol Health Alliance UK Small change: alcohol at pocket money prices, published in November, what steps they are taking to limit the sale of cheap, strong alcohol.
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1 December 2020
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the findings of the report by the Alcohol Health Alliance UK Small change: alcohol at pocket money prices, published in November, what steps they are taking to limit the sale of cheap, strong alcohol.
Source: Lords
10 December 2020
Answer
The Government has taken measures to tackle alcohol consumption through pricing interventions including banning sales of alcohol below the level of duty plus VAT which set an important regulatory precedent.HM Treasury introduced a higher duty band on cide...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-12-01/HL10967
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1257408
- uk · wq-1257408 · source updated 10 December 2020