Alcohol

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Excerpts

Tuesday 6th December 2016 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Con)]

My Lords—

[The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park) (Con)]

My Lords, it is the turn of the Conservative Benches.

[Baroness Jenkin of Kennington]

My Lords, is my noble friend aware of any plans to improve calorie labelling on alcoholic drinks? Experiments I have seen show that if people are aware of the amount of calories they are drinking, they will drink up to 50% less than they had planned to otherwise.

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[The Earl of Erroll (CB)]

My Lords—

[Baroness Evans of Bowes Park]

My Lords, it is the turn of the Cross Benches.

[The Earl of Erroll]

My Lords, is the Minister concerned that if you increase the price of alcohol, it makes other dangerous drugs relatively cheaper, and therefore what happens is that you switch people to another drug? Is she also concerned that addiction, and treating it, is the real problem, and that is what we should be doing?