Childhood Obesity Strategy

I think that the point is that we are talking about a tax on sugary drinks and there are alternat...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. As someone who spent five years working in the soft...

Order. Before I call the next, very experienced, Member to speak, let me remind less experienced ...

I will stick to my eight minutes, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I will not give way, if that helps—[I...

With reference to standing still, the debate today has largely focused on sugar and our intake of...

Absolutely. The hon. Gentleman is looking at someone who constantly tells people to move more, bu...

Order. I am afraid I have to lower the time limit on speeches to seven minutes now.

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I am delighted to take part in this important debate and congratulate my hon. Friend the Member f...

I am pleased to be called to speak in this debate. I thank the hon. Member for Totnes (Dr Wollast...

I am interested to know why sugary soft drinks, in particular, are being targeted. Why are we not...

I am happy to look at sugary drinks because we have to start somewhere, but I will happily look a...

I, too, pay tribute to the Health Committee for its great work. I pay tribute particularly to the...

My hon. Friend is making an important speech covering a wide range of actions that need to be tak...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention; I could not agree more. Indeed, she has stolen my c...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire (Nigel Huddleston). I agreed wi...

I concur with the hon. Gentleman on labelling. Does he agree that, whether we label a chocolate b...

I agree that people should be aware of that. My big beef, as it were, is that people do not know ...

May I join other Members in applauding my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston) for se...

On that basis, does the hon. Lady advocate removing the tax on cigarettes?

The hon. Gentleman is testing me. I would say yes if I followed the argument all the way through,...

Before I begin, I want to add my voice to those of other Members in thanking the hon. Member for ...

I am pleased to contribute to this debate as chair of the newly reformed all-party group on adult...

I am glad to be able to speak in this debate and hope that what I say will provide a different ki...

I agree with everything the hon. Lady has said so far. As she knows, I took part in the debate th...

I absolutely agree with what my good friend says. Bottle feeding tends to be at a set time—“Is it...

I thank the hon. Lady for her powerful contribution, and I completely agree with what she says. I...

Absolutely, and a lot of the advertising is very—I supposed we could say cunning. Products are ma...

I am delighted to follow the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss), who has establish...

On the hon. Lady’s point about living healthily on a low wage, I take on board that it is very po...

That is exactly what I was going to come on to, so I thank the hon. Lady very much indeed.

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The hon. Lady makes some interesting points about the relationship between nutrition and poverty....

I totally agree. I also back the attempt by the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Frank Field) to...

I thank the hon. Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston) for securing this extremely important debate. I...

The hon. Lady is making a powerful and excellent speech. She might know that in Mexico the averag...

The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. I have pinpointed the need to address the effect of market...

I pay tribute to the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time for such an important debat...

Obviously funds are tight, but does my hon. Friend agree that if we introduce a sugar tax, it wil...

That may well be the case, but we must of course ensure that any income raised by such a tax is r...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I am afraid not. I do not have time.

It has not escaped my attention that the Prime Ministe...

I am delighted to respond to the debate on behalf of the Government, and, following on from what ...

Will the Minister give way?

I do not think I have time. I think I know what the hon. Gentleman is about to say, and we have h...

I thank all Members who have contributed to today’s debate, including the Minister, who rightly s...