Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Cabinet considered a report on minimum unit pricing for alcohol across Cheshire and Warrington and the wider region.
The report suggested that progress towards reducing alcohol-related harm would be accelerated by supporting the introduction of a minimum price per unit of alcohol for Cheshire, Warrington and the wider North West region.It was recognised that this would be only one aspect of any comprehensive plan to reduce alcohol harm within the community and that there were other measures that could be considered.
RESOLVED
That Cabinet endorses
(1) the principle of the introduction of a minimum unit price for alcohol across Cheshire and Warrington and the wider North West region; and
(2) the pursuit of a byelaw supported by as many local authorities as possible, as well as active support and pursuit of the enactment of national legislation to implement a minimum unit price for alcohol, as part of a wider strategy to tackle alcohol harm.
Publication date: 28/06/2013
Date of decision: 24/06/2013
Decided at meeting: 24/06/2013 - Cabinet
Effective from: 06/07/2013
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