Lancet Series On Breastfeeding

EDM number 1058 in 2015-16, proposed by Alison Thewliss on 02/02/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Children and families and Health education and preventive medicine.

That this House notes the publication of the Lancet series on breastfeeding; is concerned by the finding that globally a lack of protection and support for breastfeeding is killing more than 800,000 babies each year, causing more than 20,000 deaths from breast cancer, and costing the global economy around $302 billion per annum in lost economic potential; believes it is the responsibility of governments to support breastfeeding and to protect citizens from the aggressive marketing of breast milk substitutes; further believes that governments must take action to implement and enforce the international code on the marketing of breastmilk substitutes; and acknowledges that breastfeeding has significant health benefits for mothers and babies.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.