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Lords Chamber
National Health Service: 75th Anniversary - Thu 30 Nov 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Walmsley (LD - Life peer) In 1948, people walked everywhere; many did manual labour, so obesity was rare; they ate seasonally and - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Lab - Life peer) All of us who have children know that the moment a child is born is one of the most important times of - Speech Link
3: Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab - Life peer) We have completely lost focus on where we go in campaigning on obesity, and I hope that, when my party - Speech Link
4: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) Over the last few years, we have seen record numbers of children and young people with mental illness - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Early Years Education - Thu 30 Nov 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab - Life peer) the All-Party Group on Nutrition: Science and Health and as a vice-chair of the All-Party Group on Obesity - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Schools: Food Standards - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab - Life peer) This is damaging the health of children, as we see from the evidence of morbid obesity. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) I understand that those location restrictions are judged to be the single most impactful obesity policy - Speech Link
3: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) Shockingly, four in 10 children now leave primary school at an above healthy weight. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) questions, the school food standards are part of a much wider picture of what impacts on childhood obesity - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Black and Minority Ethnic Babies: Mortality Rates - Wed 15 Nov 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) a universal, mature healthcare system, is that this figure of infant mortality rates for babies and children - Speech Link
2: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) have higher death rates are to do with socioeconomic and lifestyle factors: where they live, levels of obesity - Speech Link
3: Baroness Whitaker (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, research has shown that the mortality rate among Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children is far - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Mon 13 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Durham (Bshp - Bishops) The well-being of children and families must be at the heart of all policy decisions. - Speech Link
2: Lord Stern of Brentford (XB - Life peer) Children are especially vulnerable. - Speech Link
3: Lord Wakeham (Con - Life peer) A lot of things in this world will be great for my grandchildren, let alone my children. - Speech Link
4: Lord Warner (XB - Life peer) Obesity and other lifestyle diseases continue to kill people prematurely, with public health disgracefully - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Thu 09 Nov 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jay of Paddington (Lab - Life peer) In every problem you look at—from obesity to sexual health, from children’s dentistry to disease caused - Speech Link
2: Baroness Deech (XB - Life peer) The children in the playground there will bear the brunt of it. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Blower (Lab - Life peer) Hungry children cannot learn. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Children must be equipped for this and it must start young. - Speech Link
5: Lord Lexden (Con - Life peer) Some will be forced to move their children to schools in the state sector. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ultra-processed Food - Thu 26 Oct 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) often high in calories, salt, saturated fat and sugar, which are associated with an increased risk of obesity - Speech Link
2: Baroness Boycott (XB - Life peer) My Lords, a few years ago the Government introduced very good obesity policies on stopping the sale of - Speech Link
3: Lord Allan of Hallam (LD - Life peer) comments is that the Government’s expectation now is that the advertising will carry on as before and children - Speech Link
4: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) first, the industry has worked with a lot of comments on reformulation across the board—for younger children - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Health: Ultra-processed Foods - Wed 25 Oct 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord McColl of Dulwich (Con - Life peer) We need much more scientific work to reveal how much genetics could increase obesity. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) We have a huge problem with the diet of young children in the UK. - Speech Link
3: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) levels in our children. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Future of the NHS - Tue 24 Oct 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) Children in school today will live into the next century. - Speech Link
2: Will Quince (Con - Colchester) Sciences Council and the life sciences vision, and we have launched the dementia, mental health, cancer, obesity - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Funding for Parks - Tue 24 Oct 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) major feature of our lives, providing opportunities to recreate, play games and observe nature, and for children - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) improvement in the amount of open space and the creation of allotments and community growing spaces.Our children - Speech Link
3: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) good-quality green space as a key factor for health in a wide range of policies, including the childhood obesity - Speech Link
4: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) these treasured assets are passed on to future generations in the best possible condition, so that our children - Speech Link