Binge drinking Archives | Gerald Gouriet QC

Minimum Unit Pricing

Welsh Committee hears that minimum unit pricing (alcohol) could cause some to turn to drugs as a cheaper alternative.

Déjà vu. The Home Office has been considering the anomalous exemption of ‘airside’ bars at airports for some years.

The continuing problems of excess alcohol consumption are hard to dissociate from excess provision.

The Government Response to the House of Lords Select Committee report on the Licensing Act 2003 is a lost opportunity.

The Welsh government has announced a new Bill which will introduce a minimum price for the sale of alcohol in Wales.