Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Prices
(asked on 3rd March 2020) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of minimum unit pricing on alcohol policy in (a) Scotland and (b) Wales; and what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a similar policy for England.
This question was answered on 6th April 2020
Minimum Unit Price (MUP) has been in place in Scotland for less than two years and the Scottish Parliament will not consider its extension until 2024. MUP was introduced in Wales on 2 March this year. A decision on its introduction in England is for the future.