Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to support the implementation of the UK Chief Medical Officer's proposed new alcohol guidelines, published in January 2016.

The guidelines are currently out for consultation. They are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/health-risks-from-alcohol-new-guidelines

We will consider any next steps once we have feedback from the public on the guidelines.