Table 1.

UK MUP-related timelines of events.

Date	Event
June 2008	Scottish government announces plan to adopt of MUP
March 2012	UK government announces MUP will be part of a new alcohol strategy
June 2012	The Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 is adopted by Scottish parliament
July 2012	Scottish Whisky Association (SWA) challenges legal basis of Scottish MUP
July 2013	UK government backtracks on plan to adopt MUP
April 2014	Welsh government announces interest in MUP as part of its Public Health (Wales) Bill
July 2015	Welsh government separates MUP from the Public Health (Wales) Bill and issues draft Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Bill
September 2016	The Welsh Secretary (UK) argues alcohol pricing is not a devolved matter
October 2017	The Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Bill is introduced into the Welsh parliament
November 2017	The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom rejects SWA’s legal challenge, upholding MUP legislation in the UK
August 2018	Welsh parliament enacts Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Act 2018.
May 2018	Scottish MUP is implemented
March 2020	Wales MUP is implemented