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HANSARDAdvertising Restrictions on Less Healthy FoodWe all know that the issues in the area of obesity are complex. The professor has laid out a compelling piece of research. We will continually review all the information available…14 Jul 2025HANSARDAdvertising Restrictions on Less Healthy FoodAs I said in my Answer, that was not in scope, so we cannot have an impact statement. That is the point we are trying to get over. Things are changing, and we know that there will…14 Jul 2025HANSARDAdvertising Restrictions on Less Healthy FoodI thank the noble Lord for that question. The whole impact of this is closely monitored. There are all sorts of complexities that we have to bring in, including the impact on…14 Jul 2025HANSARDAdvertising Restrictions on Less Healthy FoodWhat absolutely terrifies me is how I can remember the jingles from so many adverts from when I was a child. I am not sure if I did any revision for exams or not—I cannot remember…14 Jul 2025HANSARDAdvertising Restrictions on Less Healthy FoodThe noble Baroness is right, and I have alluded to this in my previous answers. The issue of tackling obesity is multilayered and complex. We have the evidence based on experience…14 Jul 2025HANSARDAdvertising Restrictions on Less Healthy FoodThe different determinants of health are vital. We have laid out the commercial ones, which is why we are discussing today dealing with advertising, in particular, and other…14 Jul 2025HANSARDAdvertising Restrictions on Less Healthy FoodI completely agree with the noble Lord and I have personal experience from my background. It is empowering when a parent presents at a community organisation with a child who has…14 Jul 2025HANSARDCombined Authorities (Adult Education Functions) (Amendment) Order 2025That the draft Order laid before the House on 19 May be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 7 July .09 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend the Health Secretary in another place. The Statement is as follows: “There…09 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanMy Lords, I also start by sending my very best wishes to my noble friend Lady Merron. No one more than me is looking forward to her making a very speedy recovery. I am very…09 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanSorry, I meant next year—I was just testing that everyone was still with us—in anticipation of the in-depth work she is already involved with. There will be cross-party…09 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanI thank the noble Baroness for her questions and for her best wishes to my noble friend Lady Merron—I am sure that she will receive them. I thank her for bringing up the…09 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanI thank the right reverend Prelate for his very thoughtful contribution. It is particularly of the moment, and I completely recognise everything he said about this needing to…09 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanAs someone who has been involved in the plan, I start by saying to the noble Baroness that although it might echo things that have happened in the past, there is an enormous…09 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanI thank my noble friend for her interest. Of course, the 10-year health plan sets out how we will fight cancer on all fronts. She is quite right that the national cancer plan is…09 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanI do not have that specific information to hand, but I am very happy to write to the noble Baroness. Mental health is written throughout the plan, for both adults and children.…09 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanI would be delighted to add those details to the letter. I am very sorry to hear about the noble Lord’s condition and its pertinence to this part of the debate.09 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanI am very aware of the noble Lord’s work in this area, particularly on regeneration. As the plan outlines, looking at the new neighbourhood provision, and how to bring different…09 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanRobotic surgery is one of the areas generating enormous excitement, and I was very interested to hear of my noble friend’s experiences. I assure her that conversations are taking…09 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanI hoped I had made it clear that this is the broad outline. Of course, more specific details will come forward and we will have the opportunity to debate them as they do so. The…09 Jul 2025