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I am today introducing the Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Bill and its accompanying explanatory memorandum and regulatory impact assessment to the National Assembly.


The introduction of a minimum price for alcohol will form part of the Welsh Government’s wider strategic approach to promote a healthier relationship with alcohol. It signifies a firm commitment to further improving and protecting the health of the population of Wales and forms part of a continuing programme of work to tackle alcohol\-related harm.


The ultimate aim of the bill is to tackle alcohol\-related harm, including alcohol\-attributable hospital admissions and alcohol\-related deaths in Wales, by reducing alcohol consumption among harmful and hazardous drinkers.


The bill provides for a minimum price for the sale and supply of alcohol in Wales and makes it an offence for alcohol to be sold or supplied from qualifying premises below that price. The minimum price for the supply of alcohol in Wales will be calculated by multiplying the minimum unit price, the percentage strength of the alcohol and its volume. It will not increase the price of every alcoholic drink – only those currently sold below the applicable minimum price. The proposals will also put in place a series of offences and penalties relating to the new system. The bill proposes to provide additional powers and duties for local authorities to enable them to enforce the proposed system.


Specifically, the bill proposes:


* The formula for calculating the applicable minimum price for alcohol by multiplying the percentage strength of the alcohol, its volume and the minimum unit price.
* Powers for Welsh Ministers to make subordinate legislation to specify the minimum unit price.
* To establish a local authority\-led enforcement regime with powers to bring prosecutions and to issue fixed penalty notices.
* Powers of entry and inspection for authorised officers of a local authority and an offence of obstructing an authorised officer.


The demand for goods and services is strongly influenced by price – this is a relationship which extends to alcohol.


The bill proposes that the minimum unit price would be specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers and a decision has yet to be taken as to what the level will be. However, for the purpose of assessing impacts and the associated costs and benefits, the supporting documentation for the bill – including the explanatory memorandum and regulatory impact assessment – uses a 50p minimum unit price, as an example. The decision on the level of the minimum unit price to be specified in regulations will be informed by the latest available evidence.


Evidence suggests the introduction of a minimum unit price could have an important impact on levels of harmful and hazardous drinking in Wales – reducing alcohol consumption, alcohol\-related harm (including alcohol\-related deaths and hospitalisations) and the costs associated with those harms. Research undertaken by the University of Sheffield in 2014 estimated that a minimum unit price of 50p would be worth £882m to the Welsh economy in terms of reductions in illness, crime and workplace absence over a 20\-year period.


The introduction of a minimum unit price will have only a small impact on people who drink moderate amounts of alcohol – its impact is greatest on those people who drink hazardous and harmful amounts of alcohol. This bill is aimed at protecting the health of harmful and hazardous drinkers who tend to consume larger amounts of low\-cost and high\-alcohol products.


The targeted approach of minimum pricing policies has been at the centre of the alcohol debate in a number of countries around the world. By introducing legislation on minimum pricing in Wales, we have an opportunity to realise its potential for change at the earliest opportunity and deliver health and socio\-economic benefits across our nation.


There have long been calls for Wales to redefine its relationship with alcohol. This legislation provides us with the opportunity to do so.


I will make an oral statement about the bill to the National Assembly tomorrow.


Details of the bill and its supporting documentation are available on the National Assembly for Wales’ website:


http://www.assembly.wales/en/bus\-home/bus\-legislation/bus\-legislation\-progress\-bills/Pages/bus\-legislation\-progress\-bills.aspx\#welsh\-government







Translation:


 
Heddiw, rwyf yn cyflwyno Bil Iechyd y Cyhoedd (Isafbris am Alcohol) (Cymru) a'r Memorandwm Esboniadol a'r Asesiad Effaith Rheoleiddiol ategol i'r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol.

Bydd cyflwyno isafbris am alcohol yn rhan o ddull ehangach Llywodraeth Cymru o weithio mewn ffordd strategol i hyrwyddo perthynas iachach ag alcohol. Mae'n arwydd o ymrwymiad cadarn i wella a diogelu iechyd poblogaeth Cymru ymhellach, ac mae'n ffurfio rhan o raglen waith barhaus i fynd i'r afael â niwed sy'n gysylltiedig ag alcohol.

Nod y Bil yn y pen draw yw mynd i’r afael â niwed sy’n gysylltiedig ag alcohol, gan gynnwys derbyniadau i ysbytai y gellid eu priodoli i alcohol a marwolaethau sy’n gysylltiedig ag alcohol yng Nghymru, drwy leihau faint o alcohol a gaiff ei yfed ymysg yfwyr niweidiol a pheryglus.

Mae’r Bil yn darparu isafbris ar gyfer gwerthu a chyflenwi alcohol yng Nghymru ac yn ei gwneud yn drosedd i werthu neu gyflenwi alcohol o safleoedd cymwys am lai na’r pris hwnnw. Bydd yr isafbris ar gyfer cyflenwi alcohol yng Nghymru yn cael ei gyfrifo drwy luosi'r isafbris uned, canran cryfder yr alcohol a'i gyfaint. Ni fydd yn cynyddu pris pob diod alcoholaidd, dim ond y rhai hynny sy’n cael eu gwerthu islaw’r isafbris uned cymwys ar hyn o bryd. Bydd y cynigion hefyd yn sefydlu cyfres o droseddau a chosbau sy'n gysylltiedig â’r system newydd. Mae'r Bil hefyd yn cynnig darparu pwerau a dyletswyddau ychwanegol i awdurdodau lleol i’w galluogi i orfodi’r system arfaethedig.

Yn benodol, mae’r Bil yn cynnig:

* Y fformiwla ar gyfer cyfrifo'r isafbris cymwys am alcohol drwy luosi canran cryfder yr alcohol, ei gyfaint a'r isafbris uned.
* Pwerau i Weinidogion Cymru wneud is\-ddeddfwriaeth i bennu’r isafbris uned.
* Sefydlu gweithdrefn orfodi dan arweiniad awdurdodau lleol â phwerau i erlyn ac i roi hysbysiadau cosb benodedig.
* Pwerau mynediad ac archwilio i swyddogion awdurdodedig awdurdodau lleol a’i gwneud yn drosedd i rwystro swyddog awdurdodedig.

Mae pris yn dylanwadu'n gryf ar y galw am nwyddau a gwasanaethau ac mae hyn yn wir am alcohol.Mae'r Bil yn cynnig y dylai'r isafbris uned gael ei bennu mewn rheoliadau gan Weinidogion Cymru ac nid oes penderfyniad wedi'i wneud hyd yn hyn ynghylch lefel yr isafbris hwn. Er hyn, at y diben o asesu'r effeithiau a'r costau a'r manteision cysylltiedig, mae dogfennau ategol y Bil, gan gynnwys y Memorandwm Esboniadol a'r Asesiad Effaith Rheoleiddiol, yn defnyddio isafbris uned o 50c fel enghraifft. Bydd y penderfyniad ar lefel yr isafbris uned i'w bennu yn y rheoliadau yn seiliedig ar y dystiolaeth ddiweddaraf.

Mae'r dystiolaeth yn dangos y gallai cyflwyno isafbris uned gael effaith bwysig ar lefelau yfed niweidiol a pheryglus yng Nghymru – lleihau lefelau yfed alcohol, niwed sy'n gysylltiedig ag alcohol (gan gynnwys marwolaethau sy’n gysylltiedig ag alcohol a chyfnodau yn yr ysbyty) a'r costau sy'n gysylltiedig â'r niweidiau hynny. Roedd ymchwil a wnaed gan Brifysgol Sheffield yn 2014 yn amcangyfrif y byddai gosod isafbris uned o 50c werth £882m i economi Cymru o ran gostyngiadau i nifer y salwch, troseddau ac absenoldebau o'r gweithle dros gyfnod o 20 mlynedd.

Effaith fach fyddai cyflwyno isafbris uned yn ei chael ar bobl sy'n yfed alcohol yn gymedrol. Bydd yn cael yr effaith fwyaf ar y bobl hynny sy'n yfed lefelau niweidiol a pheryglus o alcohol. Nod y Bil yw diogelu iechyd yfwyr niweidiol a pheryglus sy'n tueddu i yfed lefelau uwch o gynhyrchion alcohol cryf a rhad.

Mae dull wedi ei dargedu o bolisïau isafbris wedi bod yn ganolog i'r ddadl dros alcohol mewn nifer o wledydd ledled y byd. Drwy gyflwyno deddfwriaeth ar isafbris uned yng Nghymru, mae gennym y cyfle i wireddu ei botensial ar gyfer newid cyn gynted ag y bo modd a sicrhau manteision iechyd a manteision economaidd\-gymdeithasol drwy'r wlad.

Mae galw ers tro i Gymru ailddiffinio ei pherthynas ag alcohol. Mae'r ddeddfwriaeth hon yn rhoi'r cyfle i ni wneud hynny.

Byddaf yn gwneud datganiad llafar ar y Bil i'r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol yfory.

Mae manylion y Bil a'r dogfennau cysylltiedig ar gael ar wefan Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru:

http://www.assembly.wales/cy/bus\-home/bus\-legislation/bus\-legislation\-progress\-bills/Pages/bus\-legislation\-progress\-bills.aspx