REDUCTIONS IN ALCOHOL DUTY

Early day motion 783, tabled 10 February 2015 by Alex Cunningham (Labour). Signed by 12 members.

That this House notes the estimate made by HM Treasury that the abolition of the Alcohol Duty Escalator in 2014 will cost the Exchequer over £1.2 billion over the next four years; further notes that over the same period the same money could fund the salaries of 7,838 A&E nurses, 4.6 million bed days or over five million emergency ambulance call-outs; views with alarm calls for further cuts in alcohol duty which will reduce prices, increase alcohol consumption and impose greater pressures on the NHS; and calls on the Government to support hard-working nurses, doctors, ambulance personnel, social workers and police officers.

Signatures by party: Labour 9, Liberal Democrat 2, Green 1.