Soft Drinks: Taxation
(asked on 22nd October 2019) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the soft drinks industry levy to include sugary dairy drinks, as recommended by the Royal College of Surgeon's Faculty of Dental Surgery's report The state of children's oral health in England, published in August.
Answered by
Earl of Courtown
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard (HM Household) (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 29th October 2019
As set out in Phase 2 of the Childhood Obesity Strategy, HM Treasury is due to review the Soft Drinks Industry Levy exemption for milk-based drinks in 2020.