Speeches by Coleman.

“I hope that you will get the chance to say everything you want to say.”

“Sir Chris, I am glad that you said there is something central Government can do, and I agree completely about local government and the opportunities there. Can this be done by the different Departments working together without a steer from the very top? Everybody shrugs off responsibility. However, if the Prime Ministe…”

“Will the hon. Member accept that there is now a general body of opinion that it is time to stop blaming people for not having the willpower not to eat bad food when they are constantly bombarded with advertising and marketing? Some £6.4 billion a year will be spent by the food industry on advertising and marketing to p…”

“If I may bring the hon. Member back to childhood obesity, does she agree that there is a serious problem with sugar being pumped into so much baby food? Does she therefore welcome what the Government have finally done after many years of the issue’s sitting unaddressed? They are giving the industry 18 months to take th…”

“I suggest to the hon. Member that one of the principal reasons that non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has shot up so radically in recent years is the increasing prevalence of food that is simply bad for people and is causing them damage—in particular, food that is high in fat, sugar and salt. For that reason, the Healt…”

“My remarks will be influenced by my membership of the Health and Social Care Committee, and by the fact that I am the vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on black health. Also, like my hon. Friend the Member for Leyton and Wanstead (Mr Bailey), I have the pleasure of being a trade envoy: for Morocco and fra…”

“The hon. Member makes a very good point. I will run through a few more proposals from the maternity report, but they will not surprise Members; they are not radical or new. What would really be radical and new would be if one of these reports— I think I have read at least six reports about black people getting less goo…”

“Absolutely. I think the hon. Member and I are advocating the same thing. I have to say—quick plug here—that the NHS app is quite good. If anyone does not have it, I would sign up and get it. If people do not get it and give feedback, we cannot make it any better. I am quite impressed by the app. I was shocked to see ho…”

“I am grateful to my hon. Friend—my youthful friend—for that comment. I could not agree more. When I became aware of this problem back when I was a councillor, we instituted a programme to build trust within the black and minority ethnic community in the NHS. As a result, we had hundreds of conversations in the communit…”

“I am most grateful for the correction, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is interesting that my hon. Friend talks about doctors, because honestly there are not that many people in leadership positions in the NHS who are black, and that is another issue that needs to be addressed. I have used the word “racism”—as we all have—in …”

“My hon. Friend makes a strong point, and I could not agree more. There is some data out there. Hospital trusts collect data each year on how their staff are feeling about a whole range of things. I looked at my local hospital trust’s data and one question it asks is: “Do you feel that you have suffered more discriminat…”

“Does my right hon. Friend recognise the severe concerns that my constituents in Fulham will have about aspects of this proposal, particularly the noise? They will hence take an interest in ensuring that the four tests are properly adhered to. Can she reassure me that she has no intention of watering down the ANPS to le…”

“Would you do the same?”

“Would you extend it to milk and milk-based products as well?”

“It is absolutely shameful. It is the same with baby food products, which, of course, we are taking action on. Manufacturers still put sugar in baby food products. It is absolutely disgraceful and shameful, and I am glad that we are taking action. Talking of sugar, we have sugar added to milk-based products and non&#xad…”

“That is helpful. Do you see a role for making supermarkets discount healthier foods? Part of the problem, as you have just said, is that there is a lot of rubbish food out there containing high fat, sugar and salt, but it is cheaper, so people will of course buy it. We cannot make food healthier and more expensive if p…”

“I thought the FSA was, but the Department of Health is. That is good.”

“I want to talk about affordability. You mentioned mandatory health reporting for supermarkets, which the Government are bringing in rather slowly. You are going to be working things out over the next two years, and working out targets and fines over the next four years. Am I right? I am happy to be corrected on that.”

“I understand that. I spent a fair amount of the summer reading Chris van Tulleken’s book, Ultra-Processed People. I understand your point about the evidence not being absolutely clear, but it does stack up, particularly in relation to the combination of foods. There is a lot of work still to be done, and you are doing …”

“Forgive me for interrupting you, but that does sound like the industry speaking. When you say that they are not all bad, do you mean most of them are bad, or a few of them?”