The inquiry was set up in January 2006 in response to two petitions received by Parliament from policyholders who were among the victims of the debacle at Equitable Life that inflicted major financial losses on over a million people, mainly in Britain but also in other countries, including Ireland and Germany.
Ar regulu paredzēts stipro alkoholisko dzērienu klasifikāciju sakārtot, pamatojoties uz kategorijām, kas Eiropā izveidojušās tradicionāli.