The debate is often between reformulation and tax. I agree with the tax on fizzy drinks, but if we had a tax on overall sugar input—for the sake of argument, let us suppose that sugar makes up half a Hobnob and the tax is at 10%—that would give an incentive to the manufacturers to reformulate without the price going up and we could get the sugar content down.
Childhood Obesity Strategy
Proceeding contribution from
Geraint Davies
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 January 2016.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Childhood Obesity Strategy.
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