Children under 15 should never be given alcohol, England's chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has advised.
Sir Liam Donaldson has also called for parents to supervise any older children given alcohol.
Ministers and doctors in the UK are worried by rising rates of both binge-drinking and alcohol-related liver disease. The British public will be asked for its views on the advice during a consultation period.Some parents, and researchers, have argued that giving children an occasional drink helps demystify it.
But Sir Liam will insist that an "alcohol free" childhood is the healthiest option.
'No alcohol' urged for under-15s
Sorry, Sir Liam. Your advice appears well-meaning, but will be absolutely useless against the problem kids with bad parents, and patronises the responsible parents who do educate their children about alcohol.
Besides I don't recall anyone in New Labour commenting on Tony Blair's parenting skills, after his 16-year-old son, Euan was arrested for being drunk and incapable in London's West End back in the year 2000.
I await the chief medical officer's reaction the next time a "celebrity" appears drunk in our national press and/or on television.....
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