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Liz McInnes Excerpts
Tuesday 8th May 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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That is an excellent initiative from Scotland, and it shows why we all benefit from being in the United Kingdom together. Yes, we will look at it very closely.

Liz McInnes Portrait Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab)
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In tackling childhood obesity, will the Health Secretary declare his support for Jamie Oliver’s AdEnough campaign and get rid of pre-watershed television advertising of junk food to our children?

Jeremy Hunt Portrait Mr Hunt
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That is one of a number of measures that we are looking at. We are absolutely determined to do something about this. One in 10 children starts school obese, and by the time they leave primary school the figure is one in five. We cannot wait any longer.