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IAS joins leading health experts in call to ban cut-price alcohol
Yesterday (14 December), IAS joined leading health experts
in writing a letter to the Daily Telegraph to ask the Coalition
Government to tackle the problem of cheap alcohol. The letter came ahead
of a debate in Westminster Hall, called by Dr Sarah Wollaston MP, on
alcohol taxation.
Signed by 22 organisations and individuals, including the
British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing, the letter
called for stronger pricing policies to put an end to cheap drink sold
at “pocket-money prices”.
Prime Minister, David Cameron, said, in Prime Minister’s Question Time:
"I have no doubt in my mind that very low cost alcohol is
part of the problem in our town centres… I note very carefully the
letter that's in the papers this morning from a whole set of people with
great expertise about this and we're looking very carefully at that
issue."
To see a copy of the letter click here.
To see a copy of the corresponding front-page news story in the Telegraph, click
here.