Written questions

Food: Advertising

Lords · Question HL8067 · 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 Statements by Baroness Merron on 22 April (HLWS587) and 22 May (HLWS662), what were the developments that led to the decision to delay the regulation of unhealthy food advertising in the time between

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...