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Local Government And Tackling Obesity

EDM number 724 in 2014-15, proposed by Keith Vaz on 22/01/2015.
Categorised under the topics of Food, Health education and preventive medicine, Local government, Obesity and Taxation.

That this House supports the report from the Local Government Association entitled, Tackling the Causes and Effects of Obesity, which calls for a fifth of VAT raised on unhealthy foods to go back to councils to fund health and leisure facilities; believes this is an innovative measure to fund vital obesity prevention programmes to control rapidly rising levels of diabetes and heart disease; notes that these funds can be used to allow for fitness, swimming and other very useful exercise initiatives; and calls on the Government strongly to consider the recommendations of the report.

This motion has been signed by a total of 13 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Keith Vaz22/01/2015Leicester EastLabourProposed
Bob Russell22/01/2015ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley22/01/2015Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
David Ward28/01/2015Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mike Hancock28/01/2015Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSeconded
Elfyn Llwyd29/01/2015Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSeconded
Clive Betts02/02/2015Sheffield South EastLabourSigned
William McCrea03/02/2015South AntrimDUPSigned
Mary Glindon03/02/2015North TynesideLabourSigned
Mark Williams05/02/2015CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh05/02/2015SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Pat Glass11/02/2015North West DurhamLabourSigned
John Leech11/02/2015Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned

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