Proceeding contribution from Sarah Wollaston (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 30 November 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Public Health White Paper.
Public Health White Paper
Is my right hon. Friend aware that about 30,000 people a year in this country die as a result of alcohol, and that Department of Health modelling has shown that if we were to increase the minimum price per unit to 50p we would save over 2,000 lives a year? Will he look at the proposals published in the British Medical Journal to have variable rates of VAT so we can increase the price without penalising the on-licence trade?
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- 2010-12
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- Alcoholic drinks Disadvantaged Finance Drugs Health education Local government NHS Misuse Obesity Preventive medicine Screening Smoking Sexually transmitted infections Public Health England Public health
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