ALCOHOL CHARTER

Early day motion 1682, tabled 11 October 2018 by Mary Glindon (Labour). Signed by 20 members.

That this House is alarmed that alcohol treatment services have been severely cut while the affordability and availability of alcohol, and alcohol dependency, have increased dramatically; notes that liver disease is now the only major cause of death in the UK which is rising; further notes that in England alone there are an estimated 600,000 alcohol-dependent adults and 200,000 children who live with an alcohol-dependent adult; and calls on the Government to base its new Alcohol Strategy on the Drugs, Alcohol and Justice Cross-Party Group and APPG on Alcohol Harm's Alcohol Charter recommendations to reduce harmful drinking, tackle ubiquitous excessively cheap alcohol and provide adequate support for both dependent and non-dependent drinkers.

Signatures by party: Labour 13, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Green 1, Independent 1, Liberal Democrat 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Scottish National Party 1.