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Minimum pricing a priority in SNP election campaign manifesto
Today, Friday 15th April 2011, the Scottish
National Party (SNP) launched its manifesto for the Scottish
parliamentary election due to be held in May this year. One of the key
pledges outlined in the document is to introduce a Minimum Pricing Bill
for alcohol.
Alex Salmond, leader of the SNP, highlights how he will make the issue of minimum pricing a priority:
“Our effort to introduce minimum pricing was blocked by
opposition politicians who were prepared to put party politics ahead of
public health. Minimum pricing of alcohol is evidence-based, and
supported by doctors, nurses, the police and all those on the front line
who deal with the effects of alcohol abuse.
“An SNP government will introduce a Minimum Pricing Bill
as a priority in our first legislative programme and we will seek to
build a coalition of support for it in Parliament to match the one that
already exists outside of Parliament.”
To download a copy of the SNP Campaign Manifesto 2011 click here.