What impact do licensing laws have on public health?

Experts in the areas of public health and medicine give their views on the impact that relaxed licensing laws are having on public health.

Witnesses

Tuesday 25 October, Committee Room 3A, Palace of Westminster

At 10.45am

Dr Adrian Boyle, Chair of the Quality Emergency Care Committee, Royal College of Emergency Medicine
Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, Chair, Alcohol Health Alliance
Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy, Vice-President, Association of Directors of Public Health
Professor Colin Drummond, Chair of the Faculty of Addictions Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists

How should the freedom to drink alcohol be reconciled with the promotion of health and wellbeing?
Scotland has decided to add public health to the objectives of its licensing laws – should England and Wales?
What can official data tell us about the relationship between licensing and public health?
What are the merits of limiting access to types of alcohol?
What are your views of taxation and price controls?
How do the health risks differ from ‘on' and ‘off' sales?

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