Alcohol (Hansard, 19 December 1995)

§ Mr. Spellar
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what response the Government will now be making to the World Health Organisation's European alcohol action plan. [7120]

§ Mr. Bowis
None.

§ Ms Harman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths there have been from alcohol-related illness in each of the last five years. [7322]

§ Mr. Bowis
There is no accepted definition of the term "alcohol-related".

§ Ms Harman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which organisation he consulted before his announcement on changes to the recommended weekly amounts of consumption of alcohol. [7221]

§ Mr. Bowis
Interested persons and organisations were invited to submit written evidence to the inter-departmental group reviewing the sensible drinking message.

§ Ms Harman
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the national health service of alcohol-related disease in each of the last five years. [7321]

§ Mr. Bowis
There is no generally accepted method of producing such estimates.