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Debate between Mary Glindon and Elizabeth Truss
Tuesday 9th April 2019

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mary Glindon Portrait Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab)
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T7. Cuts in alcohol duty have cost the Treasury £4 billion over the last five years. What assessment has the Chancellor made of the impact of those cuts on public health and alcohol-related deaths?

Elizabeth Truss Portrait Elizabeth Truss
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I observe that the minimum alcohol price in Scotland has resulted in an increase in the consumption of alcohol.

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