Speeches by Coleman.

“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…”

“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…”

“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…”

“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…”

“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…”

“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…”

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

“Would you do the same?”

“The food strategy, which you worked upon, is of a huge amount of interest to the Health and Social Care Committee because of the aspects of the public health. How content are you that the food strategy really will improve public health significantly—or do you think that that is very much an add-on?”

“That is a very neat segue. I wanted to ask you about ultra-processed foods, and also about affordability, so thank you for coming into that already. In the surveys and the work that you have done, ultra-processed foods have, as you say, consistently been highlighted as a top concern for British consumers. Are you worri…”

“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?”

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

“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 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 …”

“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.”

“As a member of the Health and Social Care Committee I have had the pleasure of working under the leadership of my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington (Paulette Hamilton) on this report. I have also been a member under her leadership as the vice chair of the APPG on black health. I thank her hugely for all t…”

“On planning, what you are saying is very interesting, and bravo for what you are doing. Advertising boards, if privately owned and not on council property, still need planning permission from councils. A change to planning legislation—which you are talking about anyway in terms of public health having a particular role…”

“That is very helpful. So there are two different ways of approaching it. We can say, “There is all this rubbish food out there that is pumped full of fats, salt and sugar. Let’s just leave it be and we will try to make healthy food more affordable,” but I do not think that is really what you are saying entirely. They h…”

“It all comes together in planning—licensing, similarly, with the public health impact. May I ask something else? All around my constituency of Chelsea and Fulham, which is in the heart of London, McDonald’s is trying to bang through applications for 24-hour opening. That seems to me—forgive me—to be a repellent thing t…”

“But you are not seeing that specific example, which is happening across London and causing not just me, but other MPs in London, some concern—McDonald’s going for 24-hour opening. Is that not happening where you are? Perhaps it is just a London thing.”