Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Sally Keeble (Labour), on Monday, 2 June 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 63 members in total.

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BINGE DRINKING AND THE REGULATION OF ALCOHOL SALES

That this House notes with concern that 23 per cent. of men and nine per cent. of women engage in binge drinking; further notes that hospital admissions due to binge drinking have doubled in the past decade and include 5,000 under 18s a year; further notes that alcohol is a factor in half of all crimes and costs the economy an estimated ??20 billion a year; and calls on the Government to bring forward a package of measures to tackle deep discounting of alcohol sales, introduce a compulsory labelling system for alcoholic drinks and limit point of sale promotions of alcohol.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1662 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Harry Cohen

Patrick Hall

Lord Willis of Knaresborough

Martin Salter

Evan Harris

Subjects

Alcoholism Health services

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk