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Petition update, 09 April 2009

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We urge the Prime Minister to recognise drinking patterns in the UK are in decline.

1 Average alcohol consumption in the UK is falling • Per capita alcohol consumption has been falling since 2003 • The UK ranks 13th out of 27 in the EU league table of per capita alcohol consumption

2 The numbers drinking over the recommended weekly guidelines fell between 2000 and 2006 o Men – down from 29% to 23% o Women – down from 17% to 12% • In the UK 7% of the population drink 33% of the alcohol

3 Underage drinking is down from 26% of 11-15 year olds in 2001 to 21% in 2006 • The numbers of 11-15 year olds who have never drunk alcohol are increasing: o 2000 – 40% o 2006 – 46%

4 Number of people reporting binge drinking (over 8 units) on at least one day in previous week is down: o Men – 2003/4 – 23% 2006 – 18% o Women – 2003/4 – 9% 2006 - 8%

5 The laws we have to tackle alcohol misuse are not being enforced • Just 2 people have been prosecuted and one found guilty of selling alcohol to a drunken person since the 2003 Licensing Act was introduced

Current signatories

Richard Siddle, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• John Holden (petitions.pm.gov.uk/Thereisnogod)
• Mr Graham Daniels
• L MacDonald
• Alan Davies
• K Davies
• Sandy Smyth (petitions.pm.gov.uk/notocannabis/)
• R Fraser
• Tom Dickson
• John Rushton
• David Murphy
• Mike Tipping
• L Driver
• Ben Marriott
• GEMMA DUNCAN
• Richard Congreve
• Simon Abel
• nigel crossley
• Galfrid Congreve
• Carl Archer
• Kieron Galliard
• Paul Cross
• dp
• Toby Guest
• Tony Hamshere
• Andrew Hart
• Vicki Stephens-Clarkson
• Craig Adams
• Jeff Seaman
• Paul Jones
• Paul Quinn
• Toby Mason
• A G Nicoll
• CHRISTOPHE GALEZ
• Caroline Tunnell-Jones
• Angela Ellis
• Jonathan Snashall
• Timothy Carlisle
• Alan Mayne
• Tamlyn Currin
• Rupert Pritchett
• John Lamond
• James John MW
• Warren Edwardes
• John West
• John Jeffrey
• Damien Chase
• Paul Scarratt
• Richard Stretton
• Hugo Rose MW
• Richard Bampfield MW
• Peter Gilman
• Ian Macphail
• Bill Macnaught
• Solano Pena-Lenzi
• helen coker
• Nick Hopewell-Smith
• Marion Syme
• Julian White
• TLClaridge
• Marianne Norrby
• David Ratcliffe
• Ian G Hutton
• Margaret Morley
• Francis Peel
• Helen Davidson
• Sophie Donovan
• Russell Heap
• Bronwyn Anderson
• Charles Simpson
• George Lord
• Sonja Goihl
• John Hammond
• Louise Vaux
• Lesley Atkins
• Simon Tame
• Katharine O'Callaghan
• Garreth Anderson
• Ben Henshaw
• Debbie Seal
• Simon J. Rowe
• Chris Hardy
• Malcolm Franks
• Charles Crawfurd
• Mark Davies
• Karen Humphreys
• Robert Walker
• Judith Hurst
• Kerry Teakle
• Rosie Walker
• Sarah Davis
• ALISON DILLON
• Anthony Digweed
• Lilyane Weston
• Tim Johnston
• John McNerney
• Philip Jackson
• Anthony Foster MW
• Charles Meyrick
• ACR Gordon
• Christopher Lees
• jenny mackenzie
• Graeme Mackenzie
• Dave Bremner
• Edward Adams MW
• Julie McFadden
• CARL BEESON
• Jeremy Lockspeiser
• Neil Bench
• Brett Jones
• Susan Pike
• Ian Clayton
• MR. M. O'Halleron
• Gilbert Winfield
• Melanie Silver
• Laurence Williams
• Neville Abraham
• Jeremy Roberts
• Philip Goodband MW
• Andrew Gallichan
• John Morgan
• John Cleary
• Emidy Goding
• Lisa Jones
• Oliver Barton
• Oliver Moore
• Kelly Hadley
• Robert A Sabido
• Maggie Rosen
• Mark Wrigglesworth
• Helen Grove
• Lawrence Washington
• David Bird MW
• Matthew Martin-Bird
• Anthony Jones
• Sara Hicks
• Philip Williamson
• allen henderson
• Su-Lin Ong
• Martin Palmer
• Pamela Palmer
• Andrew Barrow
• Keith Calnan
• Robin Woodhouse
• Martine Metaxas
• William Rolfe
• Jeanie Falconer
• hugo dunn-meynell
• Richard Ayre
• Charles Bennett
• Simon Kirkpatrick
• Colin Crnell
• NEIL ANDERSON
• Peter Richards
• Jamie Graham
• Hedley Newton
• mimi avery
• Tim Francis
• James Davy
• Carey Tyler
• Michael Davies
• Mark Litchfield
• Clare Montgomery
• Steven Raynes
• Martin Downes
• Anthony Fairbank
• LAURA HOPE
• Nigel Blundell
• Andrew Browning
• Emma Greengrass
• Anthony Sykes
• Andrew Talbot
• Emily davies
• David Attenborough
• Nicolla Greaves
• Gordon Forrest
• Edward Stafford-Deitsch
• Richard Bernau
• Joanna Dent
• Ngarita Warden
• Graham Bourke
• Chris Kelly
• Don Hewitson
• Graeme Bright
• Peter Mulford
• Anthony C Cock
• David Mabey
• David Kent
• Paul Bastard
• Richard Jones
• Liz Stich
• R Avery
• John Shuckburgh
• Chris Hodgson
• Thomas Shaw
• Peter Allen
• KJ Davies
• james tanner
• Tom Panton
• Guy Gordon-Clark
• Jonathan Charles
• Richard Royds
• Peter S. Crosse
• simon cock
• Charles Metcalfe
• kevan Smith
• ROGER J MARTIN
• Tim Flint
• Ian Gray
• Dara Dodig
• Lucy Best-Shaw
• Emma Morris
• Chris Parker
• Paul Dauthieu
• Steve Shield
• Catherine Anderson
• Florence Morgan
• Derek Smedley MW
• James Robinson
• Craig De Souza
• Ian Hawkey
• Ifor stanton
• Christopher Taylor
• Clare Cooper
• Anne Burchett
• Gary Riley
• Geoff McNee
• P Marshall
• Gordon Motion
• Dr A. Clist
• Brian Lonsdale
• John Ramsay
• CHRISTINE MOHAMED
• Ian Curle
• Nicholas Pollacchi
• William Inman
• Katrina MacKellar
• wendy lee
• Chris Park
• hugh johnson
• John Millar
• Graham Kresfelder
• Geoff Smyth
• Kenneth J. Rosser
• Rosemary George
• Philip Poulter
• Nicholas Hodgson
• Tony Mason
• Tom Ashworth
• Brandon Adams
• nicholas thorogood
• Tracey Oldfield
• Elizabeth O'Callaghan
• Andy Henderson
• Michelle Kruger
• Roger Harris
• Sebastian Freeburn
• Fran Law
• Jonathan Flegg
• Imogen Dexel-Grainge
• Ross Williams
• Mark Lewis
• Toby Owen
• John Kennedy
• Susan J Russell
• Wendi Vaughan
• Anthony Bullock
• Mark Wilson
• David Williams
• John E Townend
• David Cox
• Kate Portman
• Charles Goblet d'Alviella
• Tom
• dawn davies
• G. Nicholson
• Howard Winn
• Eddie Gadsden
• Daniel Mark Currer
• Mr David Hooley
• James Hetherington
• Ed Davies
• Graham Andrews
• Geoffrey May
• Dr SK - they do in EU