A question on #Food #Advertising tabled by Lord Krebs on 18-06-2025 has been answered by Baroness Merron.

Heading: Food: Advertising
Question ID: 1814216
UIN: HL8587
House: Lords
Date tabled: 2025-06-18
Asking Member ID: 3736
Asking Member display name: Lord Krebs
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Question text: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Merron on 22 May (HLWS662), what discussions they have had with OFCOM about the effectiveness of the Advertising Standards Authority in handling the non-statutory guidance for t
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Date answered: 2025-07-08
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Answering Member ID: 347
Answering Member display name: 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. These restrictions are expected to remove up to 7.2...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
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