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HANSARDObesityMy Lords, I can give my noble friend no such assurance. The decrease in sugar in soft drinks, as he knows full well, between 2015 and 2019, was 43.7%, and the increase in soft…05 Jan 2021HANSARDObesityThe noble Lord rightly alluded to the Better Health campaign, and I remind him that we did relaunch it yesterday. That went extremely well and got a lot of coverage. But there is…05 Jan 2021HANSARDObesityYes, I entirely agree with the noble Baroness. There are parts of the Government’s estate where more could and should be done in order to promote healthy foods. I pay tribute to…05 Jan 2021HANSARDObesityThe noble Baroness makes her point very fulsomely. We are doing a huge amount on advertising, promotions, front-of-pack nutritional labelling, out-of-home calorie labelling,…05 Jan 2021HANSARDObesityThe noble Lord makes an incredibly important point, and he makes it very delicately. I am extremely grateful to him for bringing this to the Chamber. It is true that many people…05 Jan 2021HANSARDObesityMy Lords, we welcome the ongoing work and support of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Obesity and its report The Future of Obesity Services , which continues to make a…05 Jan 2021HANSARDObesityI thank the noble Baroness very much for the recommendations of her report. Implementation is key. We have 13 workstreams, which is too much for me to go through in detail, but…05 Jan 2021HANSARDObesityYes, I am glad to be able to reassure the noble Baroness that ICSs will be instructed to take obesity as part of one of their primary framework objectives. In fact, that is a very…05 Jan 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers and Obligations of Undertakings) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020That the Regulations laid before the House on 21 December be approved. Instrument not yet reported by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments .30 Dec 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020My Lords, I am enormously grateful to noble Lords for an informed, thoughtful and passionate debate. These regulations are incredibly important, but they are clearly not enough to…30 Dec 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020That the Regulations laid before the House on 17 December be approved. Instrument not yet reported by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments .30 Dec 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020My Lords, despite all the pressure we are under, I would like to take a moment to celebrate some good news. The Government have today accepted the recommendation from the…30 Dec 2020HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (All Tiers) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020That the Regulations laid before the House on 29 December be approved. Instrument not yet reported by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments .30 Dec 2020HANSARDONS: UK Life ExpectancyMy Lords, I cannot give an answer in the round and explain every element, but we have to face up as a nation to the fact that some of our habits are unhealthy. In some communities…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: VaccinationsI take on board the noble Baroness’s points on the NHS. Its staff have been under huge pressure, which is likely to be sustained into the new year. I pay tribute to their hard…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: VaccinationsI hear the concerns of both the noble Lord and his mother very clearly but I assure him that, to date, the rollout has very much focused on the 70 hospital hubs where we are…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: VaccinationsThe noble Lord makes the point well. He is right that there are undoubtedly communities that conventional NHS outreach has not got to; we have learned that fact during Covid. Our…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: VaccinationsI completely understand the noble Lord’s impatience to know that. I am afraid that I cannot provide him with a precise date. One reason why is because we do not know the…17 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19: VaccinationsI am grateful to my noble friend for his championship of this important point. It is not necessarily the role of the department to rule on this matter, but I note that UK…17 Dec 2020HANSARDONS: UK Life ExpectancyThe noble Lord makes his point extremely well: smoking rates in this country are far too high. The huge amount of Covid advertising at the moment has squeezed out a lot of our…17 Dec 2020