Issue - meetings

To consider a report which provides an overview of the current position regarding minimum unit pricing for alcohol across Cheshire and Warrington and the wider region, and which recommends that progress towards reducing alcohol-related harm be accelerated by formally supporting the introduction of a minimum price per unit of alcohol.

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.