Alcohol: Children’s Health

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Excerpts
Monday 3rd April 2017

(7 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord O'Shaughnessy Portrait Lord O’Shaughnessy
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Given what is going to happen in the next couple of years, we might want to look at it ourselves, too.

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering Portrait Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)
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My Lords, is my noble friend aware that it is currently not an offence to sell alcohol to those under 18 at airports, airside, for the simple reason that the Licensing Act 2003 does not apply? Will my noble friend undertake to review this with a view to making it an offence in future and to bring the whole regime under the Licensing Act 2003 without delay?

Lord O'Shaughnessy Portrait Lord O’Shaughnessy
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I thank my noble friend for that question; I was not aware of that issue. I understand that there is a voluntary code in place, but I shall write to her to outline in much greater detail what the situation is regarding the sale of alcohol to underage young people at airports.