Tax On Added Sugar

EDM number 2700 in 2010-12, proposed by Keith Vaz on 07/02/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Food, Health education and preventive medicine and Taxation.

That this House is concerned that one in five students leaving primary school are now obese and that consumption of sugar has tripled worldwide over the past 50 years; notes that obesity is a key factor in causing type-2 diabetes which affects 2.5 million people in the UK; further notes the research from the University of California saying major shifts in policy are needed to control soaring consumption of sugar and sweeteners; and calls on the Government to introduce a tax on food and drink with high levels of added sugar with profits going to diabetes research.

This motion has been signed by a total of 9 MPs.