Sugar Tax

Lord McColl of Dulwich Excerpts
Wednesday 3rd February 2016

(8 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord McColl of Dulwich Portrait Lord McColl of Dulwich (Con)
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My Lords, will the Minister give us an assurance that when the new policy comes out to tackle obesity we will not fall into the trap of saying that the answer is exercise? You have to run for miles and miles to take off a single pound of fat.

Lord Prior of Brampton Portrait Lord Prior of Brampton
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My Lords, exercise may be a part of our strategy to tackle obesity, but certainly not the major part.