Low Price Alcohol

EDM number 951 in 2007-08, proposed by Alan Meale on 18/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Alcoholism, Food and Service industries.

That this House shares concerns about the sale of low priced alcohol in the UK's off trade; notes that high alcohol cider, which at present represents the cheapest source of consumer alcoholic product for sale in Britain's shops and supermarkets, carries an excise duty of only 15 pence per pint compared to the 58 pence levied on beers of comparable strength; and calls upon the Government to do more to dissuade consumers and suppliers alike away from the culture of cheap booze purchasing, whilst at the same time addressing the anomaly of duty rates between cider and beer in a future budget.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs.