Question follow-through · 119598
Breastfeeding
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that infant feeding advice provided in healthcare settings is independent of commercial influence.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that infant feeding advice provided in healthcare settings is independent of commercial influence.
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Mar 2026
Answer published
Infant feeding is critical to a baby’s healthy growth and development. The Government is committed to giving every child the best start in life and that includes helping families to access support to feed their baby.The Department has policy responsibilit...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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