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Closed Petition closed 6th April 2024

Allow 16 and 17 year olds to buy alcohol, but only drink in an adult's company - Final Signatures: 16

We want the Government to allow 16 and 17 year olds to buy alcohol. 16 or 17 year olds can drink (but not buy) beer, wine or cider with a meal, if they are accompanied by an adult, but they cannot buy alcohol, even if this is to be drunk in the company of an adult. We think this should change.

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Found: allow 16 and 17 year olds to buy alcohol. 16 or 17 year olds can drink (but not buy) beer, wine or cider

Scottish Government Publication (Impact assessment)
Population Health Directorate

Feb. 19 2024

Source Page: Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) Continuation and future pricing: Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment
Document: Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol – Continuation and Future Pricing Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (PDF)

Found: The manufacture o f spirits, cider and beer h ad total employment of 10,800 and a total turnover of

Westminster Hall
UK Food Security - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) through the provision of ecosystem services.One of the many things for which Somerset is famous is our cider - Speech Link

Select Committee
HEINEKEN UK
 GRWR0026 - The Government’s resources and waste reforms for England

Written Evidence Sep. 11 2023

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: and our commitment to sustainability Headquartered in Edinburgh, HEINEKEN is the UK’s leading pub, cider

Scottish Government Publication (Minutes)
Population Health Directorate

Nov. 30 2023

Source Page: Alcohol advertising and promotion consultation: stakeholder engagement summary - 26 January 2023
Document: Alcohol advertising and promotion consultation: stakeholder engagement summary - 26 January 2023 (webpage)

Found: Director of Population Health, Scottish GovernmentScottish Government officialsAB InBev    Aston Manor Cider

Written Question
Beer: Excise Duties
Thursday 7th September 2023

Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend the draught beer relief to takeaway sales by licensed premises whose primary business is the sale of draught products for consumption on the premises.

Answered by Gareth Davies - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

My officials and I have engaged extensively with members of the beer and cider industries, including CAMRA, throughout the policy development of the alcohol reforms. This includes discussions about Draught Relief.

The core objective of Draught Relief is to recognise the cultural importance of pubs and other on-trade venues as community hubs and to encourage responsible drinking in supervised settings.

The current policy does not prevent pubs and other on-trade venues from selling takeaway pints. Businesses have the ability to purchase full duty paid containers should they wish to decant from the container and sell beverages for their customers to consume off-site.

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
Letter from the Association of Directors of Public Health in the North East to the HSCS Convener concerning minimum unit pricing of alcohol, 20 March 2024
 Minimum unit pricing of alcohol

Correspondence Mar. 20 2024

Committee: Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Found: is scandalous that in this region, it is still possible to buy 3 litre bottles of super -strengt h cider

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 (Post-legislative Scrutiny) - Tue 07 Nov 2023

Mentions:
1: None For example, large 3-litre bottles of very strong cider have largely disappeared from shelves in Scotland - Speech Link
2: None another, because we do not have that data at an individual level, but we did see sales reductions in cider - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Hedgerows: Legal Protection - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Sarah Dyke (LD - Somerton and Frome) 500 native plant species and over 1,500 insect species.I have spoken before about the importance of cider - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
HM Treasury

Feb. 01 2024

Source Page: Tax saving for 38,000 pubs as alcohol duty freeze takes effect
Document: Tax saving for 38,000 pubs as alcohol duty freeze takes effect (webpage)

Found: line with inflation has now saved a further 3p to the duty on a typical pint of beer, 2p to a pint of cider