Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to implement his Department's plans on childhood obesity.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
The Department is confident our world leading plan, Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Action, will make a real difference to obesity rates in this country.
The Government is currently consulting on the soft drinks industry levy and a broad sugar reduction programme has been launched.
The Department will continue to work with the National Health Service, local authorities and other partners as we move into the delivery phase of the plan.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to change any aspect of current legislation on food, animal feed safety and food hygiene formerly dealt with by the EU after the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
Answered by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
Until we leave, the United Kingdom will remain a full member of the European Union, with all of the rights and obligations. The content of future food and feed legislation will be dependent on the outcome of negotiations on the UK’s exit from the European Union. The Food Standard Agency’s priority will remain the same: to protect the interests of consumers in relation to food.