Amy Winehouse's Father Asks MPs To Increase Help For Addicts

Amy Winehouse's father Mitch has told MPs that more help is needed for young people who are battling drug and alcohol addiction.

The late singer's father met with Home Office minister James Brokenshire and Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, in Parliament today (August 1).

The meeting comes just over a week after Amy Winehouse, who battled drink and drug problems, was found dead at her home in London. She was 27.

Young addicts currently face up to a two-year wait to receive treatment on the NHS or the substantial cost of private treatment.

Mitch Winehouse told BBC News: "The government needs to look at the reallocation of funding to channel more in to help juveniles.

"I am convinced that there's a willingness for people to change the way things are going. The allocation of funding is wrong and they need to look at that and I think they will."

Meanwhile, songs on Amy Winehouse's unreleased third album were inspired by her former husband Blake Fielder-Civil, according to her spokesperson.

There is speculation that the album, which is not titled, will now be released following the star's death last month at the age of 27.

A spokesperson for Winehouse's family said she had been working hard on the follow-up to 2006's 'Back To Black'.

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