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Combating Obesity

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

482 c984-1005 

Session

2007-08

Department

Department of Health

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Alistair Burt | 482 c992-3 (Link to this contribution) That is a fair point. Looking at the commercial practices of companies can lead to difficult issues....

Howard Stoate | 482 c997 (Link to this contribution) Not only the scale of the problem—the hon. Member for North-East Bedfordshire (Alistair Burt) set ou...

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Mike Penning | 482 c998 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right to say that we must examine calories and exercise, but we must also cons...

Andrew Pelling | 482 c995-7 (Link to this contribution) It is important to give every opportunity to people to take responsibility for their own health, but...

Howard Stoate | 482 c998 (Link to this contribution) I hate to disagree with the hon. Gentleman, but he is wrong. People eat more calories—they can affor...

Alistair Burt | 482 c998-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who has been generous in giving way. I confess to running a tuc...

Howard Stoate | 482 c998 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right about fat. Salt in itself does not cause obesity—it can cause other prob...

John Pugh | 482 c998 (Link to this contribution) When I was a lad, school dinners were not under-caloried, if I may put it like that. There were no t...

John Pugh | 482 c992 (Link to this contribution) I totally accept the hon. Gentleman’s point about individual responsibility, but commercial responsi...

Alistair Burt | 482 c989-91 (Link to this contribution) I take the Minister’s point, but India is a developing society and it counts itself as one. If we we...

Kerry McCarthy | 482 c986 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for her generosity in giving way. She will be aware of initiatives in B...

Baroness Primarolo | 482 c986-7 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree with my hon. Friend. As a constituency neighbour of hers, I know that Bristol is a...

John Pugh | 482 c987-9 (Link to this contribution) I am heartened by the Minister’s speech and her conclusions, not least because they were similar to ...

Speaker | 482 c989 (Link to this contribution) Order. I feel that the hon. Gentleman has had his allotted time.

John Pugh | 482 c989 (Link to this contribution) My apologies, Mr. Deputy Speaker; I was not sure whether we changed the Standing Order yesterday. I ...

Speaker | 482 c989 (Link to this contribution) No, no. I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman will have to resume his seat—sadly.

Baroness Primarolo | 482 c989 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is looking at the whole question of obesity, but by way of information, India, fo...

Shailesh Vara | 482 c985 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is indeed generous, and is making some powerful points. She spoke about the need to enc...

Baroness Primarolo | 482 c985 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to give way to the hon. Gentleman, but then I should like to make progress.

Baroness Primarolo | 482 c985-6 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree, and each intervention has touched on the fact that there is not one, simple solut...

Baroness Primarolo | 482 c985 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I know that he follows the issue closely. In debate, we...

David Leslie Taylor | 482 c985 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend turn, at some point, to the influence of commercialisation on food choices...

Baroness Primarolo | 482 c984 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House has considered the matter of combating obesity." It was almost a yea...

Philip Hollobone | 482 c984 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Lady is making an extremely good point about lifestyle choices and the link with bein...

Baroness Primarolo | 482 c1003-5 (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, I would like to respond to the issues raised in this interesting and we...

Mike Penning | 482 c1002-3 (Link to this contribution) I declare an interest as someone who boxed for some 30 years. I cannot think of a better way of keep...

Howard Stoate | 482 c1001 (Link to this contribution) I asked the Food Standards Agency about that this morning. It told me that European law was not an o...

Mike Penning | 482 c1001 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is indicating that it is not a problem, so perhaps she will explain later why she did n...

David TC Davies | 482 c1002 (Link to this contribution) I apologise for my earlier absence—I was at a sitting of the Home Affairs Committee. Does my hon. Fr...

Mike Penning | 482 c1002 (Link to this contribution) I look forward to looking at the Health Committee’s evidence. I had the honour of being a member of ...

Baroness Primarolo | 482 c1001 (Link to this contribution) indicated dissent.

Mike Penning | 482 c1000-1 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to respond to this debate on behalf of Her Majesty’s Opposition. This debate is imp...

Howard Stoate | 482 c999-1000 (Link to this contribution) That is an interesting question, which I can answer. The Select Committee on Health, of which I am n...

Baroness Primarolo | 482 c985 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s instruction, and I shall come on to give an example of the way in...

David Amess | 482 c993-5 (Link to this contribution) I listened carefully to the Minister of State, and I suppose that there was very little that I, or i...

Alistair Burt | 482 c989 (Link to this contribution) This is an interesting debate that contrasts several modern dilemmas. First, we must recognise that ...

Subjects

Health education Food Standards Agency Nutrition Obesity Young people Sports Food technology

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