HC Deb 08 July 1998 vol 315 c563W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans the Government have to introduce health warnings on the dangers of alcohol on the containers of alcoholic drinks. [49450]

Ms Jowell

We believe that if alcohol is consumed in accordance with the guidance in Sensible Drinking it is not likely to be harmful to a person's health. We, therefore have no plans to require health warnings to be displayed on alcohol containers. However, we fully support the initiative of a number of manufacturers and retailers in introducing unit labelling on their packaged products on a voluntary basis to support our sensible drinking messages.

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