Alcohol In Pregnancy

EDM number 245 in 2015-16, proposed by Kelvin Hopkins on 06/07/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Health education and preventive medicine and Health services.

That this House notes the warning given by Professor Sir Albert Aynsley-Green, President of the British Medical Association (BMA), in his address to the BMA's Annual Conference in June, that women should not drink any alcohol in pregnancy; supports Sir Albert's recommendation that alcoholic drinks containers should be required to include more explicit warnings of the risks to babies, making it clear that there is no safe limit for alcohol consumption in pregnancy; agrees with Sir Albert's comments that Government guidelines are confusing, contradictory and inconsistent; and urges the Government to legislate and make mandatory that labels on all drinks containers should incorporate wording warning that alcohol consumed in pregnancy can cause irreversible birth defects.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.