Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report entitled, Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013-2020, published by the World Health Organisation; and if he will make statement.

The Government supports the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ‘Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013-2020’ and has implemented a range of policies which contribute to reducing and controlling non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These include policies to reduce smoking; promote healthy diets; tackle misuse of alcohol; and encourage physical exercise. All of these policies are well-aligned with the WHO’s recommended actions on NCDs.