GOVERNMENT ALCOHOL STRATEGY

Early day motion 568, tabled 12 December 2001 by Kelvin Hopkins (Labour). Signed by 73 members.

That this House is alarmed at the increase in dangerous levels of alcohol consumption in the United Kingdom; notes with deep concern the report by Professor Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer, that cirrhosis of the liver, associated with excessive alcohol consumption, now kills more men than Parkinson's disease and more women than cervical cancer; believes that action to reduce harmful drinking is a matter of great urgency; and calls upon the government to publish and implement its long promised alcohol strategy as soon as possible.

Signatures by party: Labour 49, Liberal Democrat 12, Labour/Co-operative 6, UUP 3, Conservative 2, Plaid Cymru 1.