MPs call for cut-price alcohol ban to tackle violence |
| Monday, 10 November 2008 | |
 Cut-price alcohol should be banned in supermarkets in an effort to reduce street violence, a parliamentary committee has said today.According to the committee, alcohol is 69% now more affordable than it was in 1980, and this has had an influence on the rise in antisocial behaviour. Committee chairman and Labour MP Keith Vaz told the BBC that responsibility "rests with supermarkets" and they should no longer be allowed to sell cheap drinks. He said: "We cannot have on one hand a world of alcohol promotions for profit that fuels surges of crime and disorder, and on the other the police diverting all their resources to cope with it." The government should create a ban for loss-leading in supermarkets as quickly as possible, the committee said. A University of California study last week said that a universal framework for promoting alcohol should be set up around the world to try and regulate misuse of it with more success. Moreover, a report from the Department for Children, Schools and Families has said young people are shirking the responsibility for alcohol problems. The Wine and Spirit Trade Association has called a possible ban on alcohol promotions "unfair" and instead said that current laws should be implemented more greater force. Related Articles
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