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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/new-ministers-quaffing-less-wine.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="MP Tom Watson has campaigned to sell off the Government wine cellar's contents to boost public finances" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-new-ministers-quaffing-less-wine.jpg" alt="MP Tom Watson has campaigned to sell off the Government wine cellar's contents to boost public finances"/></a></p>
<p>Government ministers are drinking a third less wine than their Labour predecessors, MPs have been told.</p>
<p>Leader of the House Sir George Young said Conservative and Liberal Democrat ministers have quaffed 30% less of the official Government wine cellar than the previous administration.</p>
<p>Sir George was answering a question from Tom Watson, Labour MP for West Bromwich East, who has campaigned to sell off the cellar&#8217;s contents to boost public finances.</p>
<p>Introducing his question as &#8220;an old vintage&#8221;, Mr Watson said &#8220;There&#8217;s a Chateau Latour 1962 in there valued at £3,600.</p>
<p>&#8220;Can the Leader of the House tell me which minister deserves to drink it?&#8221;</p>
<p>Sir George replied: &#8220;I have made some inquiries and the House will be pleased to hear that consumption of wine has fallen 30% since the coalition Government took over.&#8221;</p>
<p>Last month, Mr Watson was passed details of the Government&#8217;s cellar after a Freedom of Information request.</p>
<p>The cellar included a Chateau Petrus 1978 worth more than £2,500, while a bottle of Chateau Palmer 1975, prices of which start at £120, was described as a &#8220;really old-fashioned style claret, rich and excellent with some austerity&#8221;.</p>
<p>Mr Watson said previously: &#8220;As the economy heads back into recession, nobody will seriously believe we are all in this together when ministers are quaffing wines at £200 a bottle.&#8221;</p>
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