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Sugary Drinks And Health Risks

EDM number 250 in 2015-16, proposed by Keith Vaz on 06/07/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Food, Health education and preventive medicine and Obesity.

That this House is shocked by Harvard University research showing that sugary drinks are implicated in 184,000 deaths worldwide; is deeply concerned that this figure includes 1,316 people from the UK; notes that added sugars such as those found in fizzy drinks are 11 times more likely to cause Type 2 diabetes than regular sugar; further notes that products high in sugar and fat content have contributed to record child obesity, rotten teeth and diabetes levels; and calls on the Government to expand the Responsibility Deal and set mandatory limits on sugar and fat content, particularly in products that target children.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Keith Vaz06/07/2015Leicester EastLabourProposed
Alan Meale07/07/2015MansfieldLabourSeconded
Gregory Campbell07/07/2015East LondonderryDUPSeconded
Martyn Day07/07/2015Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySeconded
Jim Shannon07/07/2015StrangfordDUPSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins07/07/2015Luton NorthLabourSeconded
David Simpson07/07/2015Upper BannDUPSigned
Martin Docherty07/07/2015West DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Virendra Sharma07/07/2015Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie08/07/2015South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John McNally08/07/2015FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Ronnie Campbell08/07/2015Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Liz Saville Roberts08/07/2015Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Patrick Grady09/07/2015Glasgow NorthScottish National PartySigned
Jeremy Corbyn09/07/2015Islington NorthLabourSigned
Rachael Maskell13/07/2015York CentralLabour/Co-operativeSigned
Chris Law13/07/2015Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Mark Williams14/07/2015CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
David Anderson14/07/2015BlaydonLabourSigned
Alex Salmond14/07/2015Signed
Paul Flynn15/07/2015Newport WestLabourSigned
Jo Cox16/07/2015Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Diane Abbott20/07/2015Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Alan Brown20/07/2015Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Philippa Whitford20/07/2015Central AyrshireScottish National PartySigned
Steve Rotheram20/07/2015Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell21/07/2015Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Anne McLaughlin17/09/2015Glasgow North EastScottish National PartySigned

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