Binge Drinking

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Office – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 31 January 2005.

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Photo of Hazel Blears Hazel Blears Minister of State (Home Office) (Policing, Security and Community Safety), Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee 2:30, 31 January 2005

More about drinking, I am afraid. The Government are working through the alcohol harm reduction strategy for England to tackle the health and crime and disorder problems associated with binge, under-age and chronic drinkers. As part of that, the recent alcohol misuse enforcement campaigns have shown that a united effort to crack down on binge drinking can make a real impact, but we are not complacent and we recognise that work needs to be done to reduce the likelihood of alcohol misuse happening in the first place.