A question on #Food #Advertising tabled by Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick on 02-06-2025 has been answered by Baroness Merron.

Heading: Food: Advertising
Question ID: 1807833
UIN: HL7980
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-06-02
Asking Member ID: 4130
Asking Member display name: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Asking Member handle: MRitchieSD
Asking Member Twitter reference: @MRitchieSD
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government what are the reasons why "legal clarification" on brand advertising was deemed necessary in the Written Statement by Baroness Merron on 22 May (HLWS662) and not in the Written Statement by Baroness Merron on 22 April (HLWS5
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Date answered: 2025-06-12
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Answering Member ID: 347
Answering Member display name: Baroness Merron
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Answering Member Twitter reference: Baroness Merron
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Answer text: The Government is committed to implementing advertising restrictions for less healthy food and drink on television and online, as part of its ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever.The decision to exempt brand advertising from these ...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
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