Commenting on the SNP's attempt to defend their controversial proposals for minimum unit pricing in the Scottish Parliament, Shadow Health Secretary Jackie Baillie said:
 
"No amount of bluster from the SNP can hide the fact that their proposals for Minimum Unit Pricing are effectively a tax on the poor paid directly to the shareholders of the big supermarkets.
 
“The Scottish Government’s own study found that a minimum price of 45p per unit would deliver over £140 million of extra revenue for retailers. But it wouldn’t create a single extra penny for more police or the NHS.
 
“This is why the independent Alcohol Commission recommended that duty should be the main lever for increasing prices and reducing harm.”

9 September 2010