Wales gets ready for minimum unit pricing for alcohol in 2019

Wales' minimum alcohol unit pricing legislation is now in its third reading in the Welsh parliament and is expected to become law in 2019.

The move follows on from the Scottish Parliament whose minimum pricing was brought into law on 1st May 2018. Scotland’s pricing is based on a minimum unit price for alcohol of 50p, and it is thought that the Welsh minimum unit price would also be 50p, though no decision has been made.