7. United Kingdom Independence Party Debate: A minimum price for alcohol

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:49 pm on 9 May 2018.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 6:49, 9 May 2018

I'm grateful. He will be aware that, if we are able through this Bill and other measures to reduce the amount of strong alcohol that people are taking and move people into more—if I can put it in a roundabout way—healthy ways of drinking, we will have succeeded in reducing the harm that comes from alcohol. The Bill is one way of doing that. Another way, of course, is to have more low-alcohol drinks being sold, lower alcohol drinks, particularly beers and ciders and so forth. That takes us into the UK Government's and particularly the Advertising Standards Authority's rules, which, at the moment, stop us promoting, if you like, better ways of drinking or alternative ways at least for people to be more aware of that. Is that something that he is encouraging the UK Government to have a discussion on, to go hand in hand with this legislation?