Question follow-through · 30680
Low Alcohol Drinks
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will revise guidance on the maximum alcoholic strength at which a drink should be described as alcohol free from 0.05% to 0.5% ABV.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 11 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 18 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will revise guidance on the maximum alcoholic strength at which a drink should be described as alcohol free from 0.05% to 0.5% ABV.
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Feb 2025
Answer published
Under our Health Mission, the Government is committed to prioritising preventative public health measures to support people to live longer, healthier lives.The Department will continue to work across Government to better understand how we can best reduce ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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