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HANSARDOnline Junk Food AdvertisingWe have made clear our intention to end the advertising of high fat, salt and sugar products on television before 9 pm. We recently held a short consultation on how to introduce…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOnline Junk Food AdvertisingIndeed I do. We are not banning food. It is very important that we make the environment right to ensure that people can make the healthy choice as a default option and enjoy a…13 Apr 2021HANSARDOnline Junk Food AdvertisingI agree that making sure that there is a level playing field is the right thing to do. If we were currently doing so well, we would not have the number of children and young…13 Apr 2021HANSARDBrain Tumours: NIHR Research GrantsIt is essential that we increase the amount of research to treat brain tumours, which is why in 2018, through the NIHR, the Government announced £40 million over five years for…13 Apr 2021HANSARDBrain Tumours: NIHR Research GrantsI thank the hon. Lady and would like to extend my good wishes to Greg for this treatment. There has been £8.8 million committed so far based on the NIHR programme and academy…13 Apr 2021HANSARDObesityHelping people to achieve and maintain a healthy weight is one of the most important things we can do to improve our nation’s health. That is why we published our healthy weight…13 Apr 2021HANSARDObesityI agree wholeheartedly that we should encourage all children to make sure that they can take part in sports and enjoy the outdoors. Regular physical exercise is important for the…13 Apr 2021HANSARDEarly Years Healthy Development Review and The Best Start for Life: A Vision for the 1,001 CriticalIn summer 2020 the Prime Minister commissioned the early years healthy development review. Chaired by my right hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire (Andrea Leadsom),…25 Mar 2021HANSARDHealthy Weight Programme: Funding for Local Authority Weight Management ServicesOn 4 March this year, the Prime Minister announced an additional £100 million over 2021-22 to support people living with obesity to lose weight and maintain healthier lifestyles.…23 Mar 2021HANSARD Smoke-free Society by 2030I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. Given that this is a 30-minute debate and there is a lot of interest in it, I agree that a longer debate might allow us to explore…23 Mar 2021HANSARD Smoke-free Society by 2030It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Clwyd West (Mr Jones) for securing the debate, and I am grateful to…23 Mar 2021HANSARDHEALTH PROTECTION (CORONAVIRUS) (WEARING OF FACE COVERINGS IN A RELEVANT PLACE AND RESTRICTIONS: ALL TIERS) (ENGLAND) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2021I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Wearing of Face Coverings in a Relevant Place and Restrictions: All Tiers) (England)…17 Mar 2021HANSARDHEALTH PROTECTION (CORONAVIRUS) (WEARING OF FACE COVERINGS IN A RELEVANT PLACE AND RESTRICTIONS: ALL TIERS) (ENGLAND) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2021I thank the hon. Gentleman for once again laying out some challenges around the timing, and in his speech he articulated very well what the challenge is: he flipped from wanting…17 Mar 2021HANSARDRing-fenced Public Health Grant to Local Authorities: 2021-22Today l am publishing the public health allocations to local authorities in England for 2021-22. Funding for local government’s health responsibilities is an essential complement…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Patients with Heart FailureIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Mundell. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) for securing the debate, and for his tenacity in waiting a year…11 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Community PharmaciesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I am incredibly grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Jackie Doyle-Price), not only for securing the…11 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Community PharmaciesI thank the hon. Gentleman for that point. We are already making good progress on the journey. The community pharmacist consultation service went live in November 2019, enabling…11 Mar 2021HANSARDHealthy Weight InquiryLast year, in response to growing numbers across the country living with excess weight and obesity, the Government published our new strategy, “Tackling obesity: empowering adults…04 Mar 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Cancer Care and TreatmentI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. The latest official data for December, as I say, suggests that two-week wait GP urgent referrals were 7% higher than for the same…23 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Cancer Care and TreatmentI am concerned, like the hon. Gentleman, about those who have not come forward and those who are not currently accessing treatment. I reassure him that once people do come…23 Feb 2021