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Bring in 50p minimum price for alcohol, MPs urge
Sunday January 3, 2010
Costs of dealing with alcohol abuse “overwhelming the NHS” say experts
The government was under mounting pressure last night to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol in an attempt to cut abuse as a senior Labour MP called for an urgent change in policy.
Kevin Barron, chair of the House of Commons health select committee, which issues a major report on alcohol on Friday, told the Observer that ministers could no longer ignore evidence of soaring rates of addiction, and warnings of the crippling costs of abuse on an already overstretched NHS.
“Ministers need to be looking at other solutions than what they are already looking at,” he said. The comment was a clear signal that his committee will tear into the government when its long-awaited report is released.
Full article: Guardian (3 January 2010)
