Home Department written question – answered at on 21 March 2012.
Graham Brady
Chair, Conservative Party 1922 Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the potential financial effects of introducing a minimum price for alcohol on (a) the UK beverage alcohol manufacturing industry, (b) the on-trade, (c) the off-trade and (d) the average consumer of alcohol; and if she will make a statement.
James Brokenshire
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
The Government conducts impact assessments and public consultations prior to introducing any new alcohol legislation.
The Government will set out its wide range of action to tackle excessive alcohol consumption in its forthcoming alcohol strategy.
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