HC Deb 09 April 2001 vol 366 cc462-3W
Mr. Ben Chapman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the misuse of alcohol by young people. [156045]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

We are taking decisive action to minimise the impact of alcohol on young people's lives. In the Criminal Justice and Police Bill, we have sought to introduce provisions placing a positive duty on licensees not to sell alcohol to minors and by placing test purchasing of alcohol on a statutory footing for the first time.