[Margaret Pilkington]

it will not make one iota of difference.
The way to stop the kind of drinking that affects health is to take alcohol sales away from supermakets and put it back on off licences.........put pub hours back to what they were........having them open all hours is not good for the pubs......pubs are closing at an alarming rate because half of the time the pubs are empty.

This is just a way of increasing taxes...and there is nothing to say that what is raised will be spentimproving the NHS...The road fund licenece doesn't seem to be spent on the roads......petrol duty isn't spent on improving transport links.
A crock of doo-doo...that is what this proposal is....and before anyone says anything.........I rarely drink alcohol(one small glass of wine so far, over the festive period).