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.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Vaz | 22/01/2015 | Leicester East | Labour | Proposed |
| Bob Russell | 22/01/2015 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Peter Bottomley | 22/01/2015 | Worthing West | Conservative | Seconded |
| David Ward | 28/01/2015 | Bradford East | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Mike Hancock | 28/01/2015 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Elfyn Llwyd | 29/01/2015 | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | Plaid Cymru | Seconded |
| Clive Betts | 02/02/2015 | Sheffield South East | Labour | Signed |
| William McCrea | 03/02/2015 | South Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| Mary Glindon | 03/02/2015 | North Tyneside | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Williams | 05/02/2015 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Pugh | 05/02/2015 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Pat Glass | 11/02/2015 | North West Durham | Labour | Signed |
| John Leech | 11/02/2015 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
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