Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Chapter 2 of the Childhood obesity: a plan for action, published in June 2018, whether the consultation on a 9pm watershed on TV advertising of junk food products is planned to be published by the end of 2018.
We plan to launch the consultation on introducing further advertising restrictions, including a 9pm watershed on TV advertising of high fat, salt and sugar products and similar protection for children viewing adverts online, by the end of 2018.