Wednesday 1 March 2017 26 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Motions | Gluasadan Supported by: John Lamont*, Margaret Mitchell*, Liz Smith*, Alison Johnstone*, Douglas Ross*, Edward Mountain*, Alison Harris*, Alexander Stewart*, Liam McArthur*, Peter Chapman*, Richard Lyle*, Bill Kidd*, Rachael Hamilton*, Ash Denham*, Maurice Corry*, Jeremy Balfour*, Donald Cameron*, Colin Beattie*, Oliver Mundell*, David Torrance*, Gordon Lindhurst*, Murdo Fraser*, Clare Adamson*, Stuart McMillan*, Alex Cole-Hamilton*, Ross Thomson* *S5M-04296 Monica Lennon: Reducing the Impact of Alcohol Marketing on Children in Scotland That the Parliament welcomes the recent report, Promoting Good Health: Reducing — the Impact of Alcohol Marketing on Children in Scotland, by the Virtual Expert Network on Alcohol Marketing, facilitated by Alcohol Focus Scotland, which concludes that action is required to ensure that children are able to play, learn and socialise in places that are free from alcohol marketing; recognises that children and young people have the right to good health and that must include the right to grow up free from commercial pressures to drink alcohol; considers that exposure to alcohol marketing reduces the age at which young people start to drink, increases the likelihood that they will drink, and increases the amount of alcohol that they consume if they already drink; is concerned that in Scotland, children as young as 10 can readily identify alcohol brands, logos and characters from alcohol advertising; considers that more effective controls are needed to protect children and young people from alcohol marketing; notes the recommendations of the expert group, including removing alcohol adverts from streets and public transport, phasing out alcohol sponsorship of sports, music and cultural events, and restricting alcohol marketing on social networking sites, and urges the Scottish Government to take account...