Rejected petition Do not alter the price of alcohol

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We the undersigned petition the government to ditch the proposal to introduce a minimum price of 40p per unit of alcohol.

We believe that it will be ineffective in that it won't change the behaviour of binge drinkers and will hit people on low incomes hard.

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Date submitted 23 March 2012
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