Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 17 October 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Darzi of Denham.

Obesity

Lords statement on obesity.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 695 c701-12
Session: 2006-07
Department: Department of Health
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Krebs | 695 c708 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I very much welcome the Foresight report and the Minister’s response to it. However, as th...; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c708-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his comments. I accept that the Government could do more, and t...; Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 695 c709 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to press the Minister a little on food labelling. We know that voluntary fro...; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c709 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Baroness brings up one of the priorities in the Foresight report, which is to lo...; Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 695 c709 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend agree that there is a good deal of conflicting advice on—if I can put...; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c710 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend raises the very challenging issue of calories-in versus calories-out. The ...; Earl of Onslow | 695 c710 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am too fat—I use that word deliberately, rather than obese, because the word obese is a ...; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c710 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Earl makes an extremely important contribution, and I have no doubt that the Gov...; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c708 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the playing fields to which the noble Baroness refers have been a priority for this Govern...; Lord Tanlaw | 695 c710 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as chairman of the All-Party Group on Lighter Evenings Experiment. I...; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c711 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend. One of the Government’s boldest actions with regard to O...; Viscount Bledisloe | 695 c711 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I urge the Minister to accept the generous offer of the noble Earl, Lord Onslow, to...; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c711 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for those questions, particularly as they relate to the educational challeng...; Lord Rea | 695 c711 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in view of the serious situation revealed by the Foresight report, will the Government put...; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c712 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord has made a statement about the importance of cross-government working, and ...; Lord Colwyn | 695 c712 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister agree that as something like 50 to 60 per cent of children are registere...; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c711-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Viscount makes an important point which, as a practising clinician, I find chall...; Lord Addington | 695 c712 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when we heard this Statement, for once we had an admission that this matter is not dealt w...; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c710 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I certainly will take the noble Lord’s advice, look into the matter and respond.; Baroness O'Cathain | 695 c710-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, much emphasis has been put on labelling, which is fine, even if it is complicated. But fol...; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c712 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord highlights ways in which we can engage children and adults through advice o...; Lady Saltoun of Abernethy | 695 c712 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it should have been obvious to the Government that the take-up of healthy school dinners w...; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c712 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the noble Lady’s contribution. I feel that a balance has to be struck be...; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c707-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with the noble Lord in some of his suggestions on sports activities and the entert...; Baroness Sharples | 695 c708 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, how many playing fields have been lost in the past 10 years?; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c701-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with permission, I should like to repeat a Statement on obesity made in the other place by...; Baroness Barker | 695 c705-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Darzi, for repeating the Statement. The Government are la...; Earl Howe | 695 c703-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House will be grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement. My first reaction ...; Lord Soley | 695 c707 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does my noble friend accept that there is a very real and wider problem which we all have ...; Lord Darzi of Denham | 695 c706-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Howe, and the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, for their response...
Subjects: Children Advertising Health services Food Labelling Fats Planning Nutrition Obesity Sports Occupational health
Contains statistics: Yes
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Obesity

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