§ Mr. Meadowcroftasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether any research exists on the relationships between taxes on food products, such as fat, sugar and salt, and the level of purchasing of such products.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe effect of changes in price, which is how a tax would be reflected, on the consumption of certain individual food items or group of foods is estimated annually from national food survey data. The most recent published information is contained in appendix B, "Household Food Consumption and Expenditure: 1981, HMSO, 1983."