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Ministerial statement on Friday, 23 March 2012, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness May of Maidenhead.

Alcohol Strategy

Statement on the alcohol strategy.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
542 c1070-82 
Session
2010-12
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1075 (Link to this contribution) First, I congratulate the Labour Whips on having managed to circulate their questions to their own W...
Baroness Brown of Silvertown | 542 c1075 (Link to this contribution) Clearly, the Home Secretary has been sent to the House today in a shameful attempt to divert attenti...
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Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1075 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important point. There are still issues about alcohol and other goods, such...
Sarah Newton | 542 c1076 (Link to this contribution) I so welcome the contents of the statement, especially as it will spell the end of the dreadful lega...
Helen Goodman | 542 c1076 (Link to this contribution) I went to talk to young people in the youth club in Spennymoor about exactly this issue. I believe t...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1076 (Link to this contribution) What we are announcing today is an alcohol strategy that will deal with the problems. It is interest...
Tessa Munt | 542 c1075 (Link to this contribution) I welcome this consultation as an opportunity to tighten up on irresponsible sales. Does the Secreta...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1075-6 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend. I commend the landlady of The Bell Inn in Shepton Mallet for taking that res...
Baroness Brown of Silvertown | 542 c1075 (Link to this contribution) There are four Whips behind you because there is no one else in the House.
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1075 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Lady want an answer to her question or not? By setting a minimum unit price, we are ta...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1070-2 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the new cross-Government alcohol s...
Yvette Cooper | 542 c1072-4 (Link to this contribution) This announcement about the alcohol strategy is extremely important, but the way in which it has bee...
Nigel Mills | 542 c1074 (Link to this contribution) I think the whole House welcomes what the Home Secretary is trying to achieve with the policy, and w...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1078 (Link to this contribution) It ill behoves an Opposition Member, given the extra burden that the police felt as a result of the ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1078 (Link to this contribution) I referred to it in my statement, but it has also been announced today that, as a result of agreemen...
Mary Glindon | 542 c1078 (Link to this contribution) Why has the voluntary agreement that the Government said they had with the supermarkets failed?
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1078 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making the point that pubs play a very important role in our com...
Matt Hancock | 542 c1078 (Link to this contribution) Pubs in West Suffolk and across the country are not only economically important but often vital hubs...
Speaker | 542 c1078-9 (Link to this contribution) Order. I apologise for interrupting the Home Secretary. I am a little concerned about the hon. Membe...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1079 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr Speaker. As I was saying to the hon. Member for North Tyneside (Mrs Glindon), we have ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1078 (Link to this contribution) Yes, 1 billion units a year will be taken out. Sorry, I was getting ahead—[Interruption.] I wondered...
Tobias Ellwood | 542 c1079 (Link to this contribution) This is an important issue for Bournemouth. We have a vibrant and popular town centre as part of the...
Caroline Lucas | 542 c1076 (Link to this contribution) A minimum price for alcohol is something that I have campaigned on, and I am delighted that, on this...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1076 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that question. She is absolutely right. We were promised, under Labour's ...
Sajid Javid | 542 c1076-7 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the statement by my right hon. Friend. She has talked about the changes in licensin...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1076 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the support that the hon. Lady is giving to the thrust of the alcohol strategy. We have ba...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1077 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that. He is absolutely right. We were promised that the legislation would...
Owen Smith | 542 c1077 (Link to this contribution) I agree that it is a very important statement that we have before us today, but it is a shame that i...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1077 (Link to this contribution) The Opposition really need to get their story straight. The hon. Gentleman's right hon. Friend stand...
Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 542 c1077 (Link to this contribution) I strongly support my right hon. Friend's statement. It is important to make the point that a Conser...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1077 (Link to this contribution) We obviously had a lot of consultation with local authorities when we were putting through the chang...
Sheila Gilmore | 542 c1077-8 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary's statement repeats an awful lot of things that have already happened, which illu...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1081 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady made several points. I fully recognise the role that the Durham police played in the w...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1081 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to say that we need to implement the strategy so that it has the impact that...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 542 c1081 (Link to this contribution) I point out to the Home Secretary that part of the success of the Durham Best Bar None scheme was ef...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1080 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a valid point about the health aspect. There has been a 25% increase in liv...
Baroness Coffey | 542 c1081 (Link to this contribution) Many nurses, doctors and other hospital staff will welcome the moves to improve zero tolerance towar...
Russell Brown | 542 c1080 (Link to this contribution) This is undoubtedly a problem, but it is disappointing that the Home Secretary makes some of our tow...
Martin Vickers | 542 c1082 (Link to this contribution) The people of Cleethorpes will broadly support the announcement. However, there will be concerns tha...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1079 (Link to this contribution) We do indeed. The hon. Gentleman will find that we refer in the alcohol strategy to the issue of pre...
Speaker | 542 c1079 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am happy to take a few more questions but extreme brevity is required because there is exte...
Charlie Elphicke | 542 c1080 (Link to this contribution) In the town of Deal that I represent, residents are beset in the early hours of the morning by drunk...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1080 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. We are changing the law on the powers of the licensing authorities, and I a...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1079 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Sadly, many towns and cities across the country have felt the im...
Tom Blenkinsop | 542 c1080 (Link to this contribution) Does the Health Secretary agree with the policy?
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1080 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a fair point. We want to ensure that existing powers that should be used, parti...
George Eustice | 542 c1080 (Link to this contribution) Police in Camborne in my constituency have recently dusted off the Inebriates Act 1898, which contai...
Pat Glass | 542 c1082 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Home Secretary for the positive remarks that have been made this morning about Durham co...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1082 (Link to this contribution) This would never have been brought out in the Budget because this is a cross-Government strategy whi...
Speaker | 542 c1082 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am grateful to the Home Secretary and colleagues. We return to the Budget debate.
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1074 (Link to this contribution) That was the usual response from the right hon. Lady—bluster and political point scoring. One thing ...
Kelvin Hopkins | 542 c1079 (Link to this contribution) As a former chair of the all-party group on alcohol misuse, I think that I was the first Member to t...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 542 c1082 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely reassure my hon. Friend of that. The law-abiding majority have nothing to fear from the...
Speaker | 542 c1082 (Link to this contribution) Order. The two remaining Members who wish to ask a question could compete with each other to see whi...
Subjects
Alcoholic drinks Alcoholism Misuse Licensing laws Prices Off-licences Rehabilitation Retail trade Violence Urban areas
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