Binge Drinking And The Regulation Of Alcohol Sales

EDM number 1662 in 2007-08, proposed by Sally Keeble on 02/06/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Alcoholism and Health services.

That this House notes with concern that 23 per cent. of men and nine per cent. of women engage in binge drinking; further notes that hospital admissions due to binge drinking have doubled in the past decade and include 5,000 under 18s a year; further notes that alcohol is a factor in half of all crimes and costs the economy an estimated £20 billion a year; and calls on the Government to bring forward a package of measures to tackle deep discounting of alcohol sales, introduce a compulsory labelling system for alcoholic drinks and limit point of sale promotions of alcohol.

This motion has been signed by a total of 64 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.