Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 118766

Low Alcohol Drinks: Children

Tabled: 9 March 2026

Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Sir James Cleverly

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2025 to Question 92263 on Low Alcohol Drinks: Children, whether he made an assessment of the potential impact of 16 and 17 year olds visiting licenced premises

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

The existing legal position set out in Section 150(4) of the Licensing Act 2003 seeks to achieve a balance that allows parents to introduce their children to alcohol in a controlled, measured, and responsible way, if they wish to do so, whilst upholding t...

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