| Heading: |
Cancer: Alcoholic Drinks |
| Question ID: |
1809234 |
| UIN: |
57258 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4436 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Cat Smith
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| Asking Member handle: |
CatSmithMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@CatSmithMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) recognise and (b) address the increased risk of developing cancer associated with alcohol consumption. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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| Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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| Answer text: |
Alcohol has been identified as a causal factor in more than 200 medical conditions, including mouth, throat, stomach, liver and breast cancers. The Government is committed to reversing the trend on alcohol-specific deaths and shortening the amount of time... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |