It is a pleasure to serve under the chairmanship of Mr Bone. I thank Dan Carden for securing the debate and bringing this topic to attention, acknowledging his personal experience with alcohol issues. The 2012 alcohol strategy aimed to reduce harm from excessive drinking without affecting moderate drinkers; many measures were implemented, such as enhanced powers against problematic premises, increased fines for underage sales, mandatory licensing conditions strengthening, restrictive promotion laws, late-night levies for local councils, and new powers tackling alcohol-related issues including closure and dispersal. The minister highlights the reduction in violent crimes linked to alcohol from 1 million incidents in 2009-10 to 525,000 in 2019-20, a drop by half. Additionally, there was a decrease in percentage of adults consuming alcohol weekly (64% in 2009 to 54% in 2019) and binge drinking (20% in 2009 to 15% in 2014). However, alcohol-specific deaths slightly increased during the pandemic. The government has introduced measures such as alcohol monitoring and abstinence licence conditions for prison leavers since November 2021 with over 900 conditions imposed, and community sentence alcohol abstinence monitoring requirements for up to 120 days with tags used to monitor compliance, imposing over 5,000 orders. The drug strategy published in December 2021 has integrated treatment of drugs and alcohol, funded by £86 million and an additional £10 million for in-patient detox beds. As part of the NHS long-term plan, there is a £27 million investment to establish specialist alcohol care teams in hospitals with high rates of alcohol harm and socioeconomic deprivation, estimated to prevent 50,000 hospital admissions over five years. The minister also acknowledges the need for more referrals into treatment options like mental health, drug or alcohol treatment as an alternative.