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Food: Nutrition

Commons · Question 16290 · Tabled 6 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Paul Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to use the Healthy Food Standard to help ensure that supermarkets provide a range of affordable, healthy products in smaller convenience stores.

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 15 Jul 2026

Healthier food targets and reporting is intended to improve the healthiness of food sales. We will consult soon on the design of the measures, a key aspect of which is to allow businesses flexibility to improve the healthiness of their sales in ways that ...