Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Andrew Gwynne Excerpts
Thursday 21st July 2016

(8 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Lidington Portrait Mr Lidington
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I thank the hon. Lady for her welcome. These are clearly matters that my colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions will wish to consider, and I will draw her remarks to their attention. I think that the quickest way to bring these matters before the House would be for her to raise them during the first DWP questions after we come back.

Andrew Gwynne Portrait Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab)
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Last September, the Government announced that they were likely to publish the childhood obesity strategy “in the autumn”. Autumn came and went, as did winter and spring. At an urgent question you granted me kindly in May, Mr Speaker, the public health Minister stood at that Dispatch Box and she intimated to the House that the strategy would be published before the summer recess, giving Members the opportunity to debate thoroughly the contents therein. Where is it?

David Lidington Portrait Mr Lidington
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This is undoubtedly an important issue, but one or two other political events in the past few weeks have meant that a number of announcements have been postponed. We have a new public health Minister in place now, who, I am sure, will want to give urgent attention to this point.