Food: Advertising
Lords · Question HL8065 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Rennard
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Merron on 22 May (HLWS662), whether they considered alternatives to delaying the regulation of the advertising of unhealthy food on TV and online.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 24 Jun 2025
The Government is committed to implementing advertising restrictions for less healthy food and drink on television and online, as part of its ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever. The decision to exempt brand advertising from thes...