Health: Alcohol Debate
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Lord Watts
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(8 years, 7 months ago)
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Lord Prior of Brampton
My Lords, traffic accidents caused by alcohol have been costed. I cannot give the noble Baroness that figure today but I will write to her with it. I do not believe that we are currently reviewing the alcohol limit for driving, although I know that in Scotland it has recently been reduced.
Lord Watts (Lab)
My Lords, have the Government considered using the tax system to encourage people to drink lower-alcohol drinks?
Lord Prior of Brampton
That is a very good question. I do not have the answer to hand but I would like to think about that and write to the noble Lord. As part of the responsibility deal that was done with the industry in 2010, there has been a significant increase in lower-alcohol drinks, but I will have to come back to the noble Lord on that issue.