Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing alcohol labelling that states the associated health risks of alcohol consumption.

The United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ Low Risk Drinking guidelines highlight that the risk of developing a range of health problems, including cancer, increases the more you drink alcohol on a regular basis. The Government published voluntary guidance regarding how these guidelines could be communicated on pre-packaged alcohol products. This guidance is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/communicating-the-uk-chief-medical-officers-alcohol-guidelines