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Vending Machine Contents In Schools

EDM number 2998 in 2010-12, proposed by Keith Vaz on 24/04/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Health education and preventive medicine and Schools.

That this House is concerned that many academies have vending machines selling sugary drinks, chocolate, sweets and crisps; notes that obesity is a growing problem among young people, with31 per cent now classified as overweight; welcomes Jamie Oliver's call for academies to stop profiting from the sale of unhealthy snacks; and calls on the Government to allow academies to sell only healthy snacks as fruit, nuts and water.

This motion has been signed by a total of 12 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Keith Vaz24/04/2012Leicester EastLabourProposed
John McDonnell24/04/2012Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSeconded
Andrew George24/04/2012St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Ronnie Campbell25/04/2012Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Martin Caton25/04/2012GowerLabourSeconded
Virendra Sharma25/04/2012Ealing, SouthallLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins26/04/2012Luton NorthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn26/04/2012Newport WestLabourSigned
Katy Clark26/04/2012North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Lindsay Roy26/04/2012GlenrothesLabourSigned
Michael Crockart26/04/2012Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn30/04/2012Islington NorthLabourSigned

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