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Proceeding contribution from Keith Vaz (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 5 June 2008. It occurred during Topical debate on Knife Crime.


Knife Crime

The hon. Gentleman is right to raise all the points that he has. He has obviously not had the chance to see the evidence on alcohol given by some of the supermarkets to the Select Committee yesterday. Does he agree that there is a responsibility on those who sell alcohol to make sure that it is not readily available? We should look at how much alcohol is sold at a discount or as a loss-leader, which provides young people with the opportunity of buying alcohol very cheaply, which contributes to the number of knife-related incidents.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
476 c946 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Crime Homicide Police Offensive weapons Voluntary organisations Young people
Link
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