Sentence examples for minimum pricing across from inspiring English sources

The two opposition parties changed tack shortly before David Cameron, the prime minister, confirmed the UK government will also look at minimum pricing across England and Wales in a consultation due out later this year.

After studying eight years of data from British Columbia, detailing price rises, alcohol intake and negative health outcomes from drinking, Stockwell and Thomas concluded that "a 10% increase in average minimum prices across all beverage types would result in a 3.4% decrease in total alcohol consumption".

Scottish ministers said minimum pricing had won wide support across the medical profession, police and parts of the drinks and licensed trade industry.

On the 24 May 2012, the Scottish Government passed the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012, legislation to implement MUP across Scotland at 50 ppu (Scottish Government, 2012a, b).

"The issues in town and city centres vary across the country and national gestures like minimum pricing and banning multi-buy discounts will only go so far.

Minimum pricing is perhaps more important.

This means minimum pricing and restricted licensing hours.

Scotland has tight restrictions on alcohol sales, including minimum pricing.

They want to introduce minimum pricing and ban Buckfast.

David Cameron and the coalition committed to minimum pricing in March last year.

And I think, on balance, minimum pricing is worth trying.