Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a requirement for pregnancy warning labels on alcohol products.
In March 2017, the Department issued guidance to industry setting out how the United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ low risk drinking guidelines could best be communicated on the labels of alcoholic drinks. This included specific advice on the communication of warnings not to drink alcohol during pregnancy. The Department agreed, with industry, a transitional period until 1 September 2019 after which all labels should reflect the new guidelines. There are no current plans to legislate for pregnancy warning labels on alcohol products.