» Thursday, December 6, 2007Alcohol
Put that Ben Bradshaw said in the Commons that afternoon that the Government was considering legislation on cut-price alcohol and how could you legislate against that unless a minimum price was brought in, the PMS said that he was not aware of the exact context in which Ben Bradshaw had made those remarks, so he would not want to comment on them. Asked if there was a report on drinking being published shortly, the PMS replied that the key thing was the review of the licensing laws that was due in the New Year. Asked if the Prime Minister thought that some alcohol was being sold at too low a price, the PMS said that the Prime Minister thought that these were ultimately decisions taken by commercial organisations, but as was raised at the summit on alcohol, there were clearly some issues around enforcement on sellers to those under the legal age for example, that might need to be looked at. Briefing took place at 16:45 | Search for related news Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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