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Food: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing additional regulations on the advertisement of food and drink (a) outdoors and (b) on other media platf
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jan 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing additional regulations on the advertisement of food and drink (a) outdoors and (b) on other media platf
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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30 Jan 2025
Answer published
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care discusses a range of diet and obesity-related issues with Government colleagues. Supporting people to stay healthier for longer is at the heart of the Government’s Health Mission, which ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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