Minimum Price For Unit Of Alcohol (EDM1284)

Minimum Price For Unit Of Alcohol

EDM number 1284 in 2008-09, proposed by Chris Huhne on 02/04/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Alcoholism and Service industries.

That this House notes the recommendations made by the Chief Medical Officer in his Annual Report 2008 to introduce a minimum price per unit of alcohol; further notes evidence of a link between price and level of consumption; recognises the damage caused by alcohol misuse to individuals, families and society; further recognises the concept of `passive drinking' or the consequences of one person's drinking on another's well-being; acknowledges that alcohol misuse costs the UK economy up to 25 billion per year, including alcohol-related health and crime costs; further acknowledges that 80 per cent. of people think that more should be done to tackle alcohol abuse in society; and calls on the Government to take steps to end the deep discounting and loss-leading sales of alcohol products and to make careful consideration of the recommendations of the Chief Medical Officer to implement a minimum price for alcohol as a means to do so.

This motion has been signed by a total of 41 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Christopher Huhne	02/04/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Don Foster	02/04/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Norman Lamb	02/04/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Paul Holmes	02/04/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Tom Brake	02/04/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Evan Harris	02/04/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Russell	20/04/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	20/04/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	20/04/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	20/04/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/04/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	21/04/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
John Leech	21/04/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	21/04/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	22/04/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	22/04/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	22/04/2009	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	22/04/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	22/04/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	23/04/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	23/04/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
David Chaytor	23/04/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	24/04/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	27/04/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	27/04/2009	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	28/04/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	30/04/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	30/04/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	05/05/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	05/05/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	05/05/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	05/05/2009	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	05/05/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/05/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	06/05/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	07/05/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	08/05/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/05/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	20/05/2009	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	01/06/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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