Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission a study of the traffic light food labelling system including (a) a study of other countries’ labelling system, (b) consultation with the (i) food and drink industry, (ii) health and (iii) education professionals, (iv) local authorities and (v) representatives of parent’s groups and (c) the publication of that review's findings.

We are considering the opportunities offered by exiting the European Union, which include giving us greater flexibility to determine what information should be presented on packaged food and how it should be displayed, and we will work alongside industry and other stakeholders to decide what will be next for labelling. We want to build on the success of our current labelling scheme and ensure we are using the most effective ways to communicate information to families.