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HANSARDFood: Two-For-One OffersAs I mentioned, the key is giving industry time to adjust so that it can reformulate. We would all agree that, if you can get the same taste but it is a lot healthier, with less…19 Jul 2023HANSARDFood: Two-For-One OffersAs I mentioned in answer to a Question on ultra-processed food yesterday, as a definition that is not particularly helpful because wholemeal bread, baked beans and cereals are all…19 Jul 2023HANSARDFood: Two-For-One OffersI am aware of the Amsterdam initiative. Off the back of that, the OECD said that there were four main strands to what countries should be doing: first, information and education,…19 Jul 2023HANSARDFood: Two-For-One OffersThere is absolutely the commitment for October 2025. The tactic behind that is to give industry the time to make its food healthier. That is exactly what it is doing in the…19 Jul 2023HANSARDUltra-processed FoodAbsolutely. Some of the foods are not healthy at all, and we totally want to discourage them. We have taken a lot of steps in that space. The whole product positioning strategy,…18 Jul 2023HANSARDUltra-processed FoodI absolutely agree with my noble friend about education and teaching people how to cook a decent meal. The other crucial thing is the industry reformulating foods to take out…18 Jul 2023HANSARDUltra-processed FoodMy understanding is that those guidelines are there; it is absolutely the right question. The Department for Education, working with the Department of Health, makes sure that a…18 Jul 2023HANSARDUltra-processed FoodYes, the noble Lord is absolutely correct and makes the point that I have been trying to make but far more eloquently; I thank him. That is precisely the point. Some…18 Jul 2023HANSARDUltra-processed FoodThe Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition did not find evidence for a causal link between ultra-processed food and mental and physical health. It is unclear whether…18 Jul 2023HANSARDUltra-processed FoodFirst, I thank the noble Baroness for the work she does and has done in this space for a number of years. The problem is the definition of “ultra-processed food”. It includes…18 Jul 2023HANSARDUltra-processed FoodI thank my noble friend. We are focused on the sugar, salt and saturated fat content. It is not the fact that food is called ultra-processed, per se. We would not discourage…18 Jul 2023HANSARDUltra-processed FoodAbsolutely. That is why we are at the highest level of free school meals for children ever. More than a third of children are now receiving free school meals, including all infant…18 Jul 2023HANSARDUltra-processed FoodAs I have said, the fact that something is processed is not a helpful definition. I would recommend that we focus all our activity on the contents of the foods—whether they are…18 Jul 2023HANSARDUltra-processed FoodI thank my noble friend; that was excellently put. Again, it is the content of the food that matters and not what it is called.18 Jul 2023HANSARDUltra-processed FoodOn any advisory body you clearly want to get experts in the field. Necessarily, they will often be experts from companies as well. It is vital that they abide by the principles of…18 Jul 2023HANSARDNational Health Service (Performers Lists) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank noble Lords for their contributions and the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, for bringing this topic before us today. As noble Lords know, I have an interest in this case in that my…13 Jul 2023HANSARDCommunity Health Services: Waiting ListsYes; our whole direction of travel, as noble Lords are aware, is putting more and more power in the hands of the local integrated care boards. Going into the detail of it, the…12 Jul 2023HANSARDCommunity Health Services: Waiting ListsWe regularly monitor community health services’ waiting lists and recognise the variability between the number of people waiting and the time on waiting lists across services in…12 Jul 2023HANSARDCommunity Health Services: Waiting ListsThe noble Baroness is correct about the urgency for young people; I have personal experience of this as well. We are taking steps by piloting nine early language and support…12 Jul 2023HANSARDCommunity Health Services: Waiting ListsWe are starting to see a blue- print which is beginning to work. The highest waiting list for adults is related to musculoskeletal issues. Since we put an improvement framework in…12 Jul 2023