Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2026 to Question 38138 on Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling, what documentation her Department is preparing ahead of the consultation; and whether that includes (a) d
Answer
Details of all future departmental publications, including the content of those publications, will be set out in the normal way in due course.
Verdict: RED (12/100) DEFERRED
This reply largely defers the question rather than answering it. The first part names no specific documents and says the details of future publications will be set out 'in due course'. The second part is not substantively addressed: the question item (a) is truncated and hard to identify, and the reply only repeats the promise to set out the content later. The person who asked would most likely need to submit a follow-up to get any specific information.
How we got there
| Question item | Coverage | Specificity | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| What documentation the Department is preparing ahead of the consultation on alcoholic drinks labelling. | Deferred | Hedged | The reply names no documentation and instead says the details and content of future publications will be set out 'in due course', which defers the substantive answer rather than giving it. |
| Whether that documentation includes the material listed at item (a). The question text is truncated after (a), so any further lettered items cannot be identified. | Deferred | Generic | The reply's promise to set out the 'content of those publications' in due course is the only nearby statement, but it never engages with the material at item (a), which is truncated and cannot be identified, so the answer is deferred at best. |