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Of those, what has actually been introduced with MUP?

I am asking the panel as a whole.

You said to me earlier that the alcohol brief interventions have plateaued and fallen.

I do not know who to direct this question to. What has been the impact of the push towards 0 per cent alcohol drinks that we have seen in the past couple of years?

Yes.

Thank you, convener. Tara, what is your definition of a dependent drinker?

Looking at the bill and the modelling, what would you have expected and what did you actually see when it came to the spend of dependent drinkers?

Given that you are a consultant in public health, and given your specialisation, can you say whether there has been a decrease in alcohol brief interventions when it comes to referral rates for people seeking help? Surely something should have been put in place to help those people if a policy was being put in place that, as you have just said, would possibly affect those who most need help. Perhaps some extra money should have been put in to help those who needed it the most.

That is speculation, but it makes sense, does it not?

It makes sense to say that most people—including everyone in this room—are not affected by MUP with the type of alcohol purchases that are made. Why 50p and not £1, £10, £20 or £50?

So, people moved into purchasing those drinks, then.