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HANSARD Obesity Strategy 2020That is right. I am very keen that we look at the evidence. I can see that through reformulation we have led the industry—the company that makes Lucozade and Ribena has been…27 May 2021HANSARD Obesity Strategy 2020As I said in my interventions on the Minister, I very much support the Government’s objective. A situation in which 36% of adults in England are overweight and 28% are obese is…27 May 2021HANSARD Obesity Strategy 2020I was intrigued to listen to my hon. Friend’s list of products. Is not the issue that there is a focus on individual products when, actually, the important thing in getting to a…27 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19: Government Handling and PreparednessMay I take the Secretary of State back to what he said in his statement about the B1617.2 variant first discovered in India, which I think will be of the most concern to my…27 May 2021HANSARD Obesity Strategy 2020On the Government’s ambition, the Minister said very clearly, and it says in the strategy, that we want to halve childhood obesity by 2030. The strategy also says, “reduce the…27 May 2021HANSARD Obesity Strategy 2020May I press the Minister—27 May 2021HANSARD Obesity Strategy 2020I am sympathetic to the point the hon. Lady is making, and she will know from my intervention that I think the evidence with respect to calories and out-of-home labelling is quite…27 May 2021HANSARD Obesity Strategy 2020rose—27 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19In The Telegraph story this morning about what the rules for self-isolation might be post 21 June, a Government source was quoted as saying, in response to the suggestion that…25 May 2021HANSARDBelarus: Interception of AircraftI am grateful to the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, my hon. Friend the Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Tom Tugendhat), for applying for this urgent question and to you,…24 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireI thank the Minister for his robust support on behalf of the British Government for Israel’s right to defend itself from attack by a proscribed terrorist organisation. Listening…19 May 2021HANSARDPet Theft: Maximum SentenceWhat assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the maximum sentence for pet theft.18 May 2021HANSARDPet Theft: Maximum SentenceI welcome the setting up of the taskforce, because what is important is not just the sentencing but the deterrent effect, so that we see fewer pets—dogs, particularly—being…18 May 2021HANSARD 10-point Plan: Six Months OnI listened carefully to what the Secretary of State said about the paper he is going to produce this year on heating buildings and about point 2 of the plan, on the hydrogen…18 May 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI listened very carefully to what the Secretary of State said in his statement about people being able to prove that they have had the vaccination through the NHS app. I also…17 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI can tell the Prime Minister that other venues are available and that the Forest of Dean would be fantastically keen to offer itself as a place for outdoor education for children…12 May 2021HANSARD Public HealthThat is a very good question. More widely, it would be helpful if the Government and their scientific advisers had a slightly better conversation with the public about variants…26 Apr 2021HANSARD Public HealthI am listening carefully to the right hon. Gentleman. How long does he propose that his regime would be in place? By worrying about potential variants coming from overseas, he…26 Apr 2021HANSARD Public HealthI do not intend to detain the House for too long, but I have some questions, and I will explain to the Minister why I am raising them now. I think that they are in order. If I…26 Apr 2021HANSARD Public HealthBefore my hon. Friend sits down, may I press her on one further point? I accept that she cannot set out answers to my detailed questions until the global travel taskforce has…26 Apr 2021