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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-07-24more like thismore than 2018-07-24
answering body
Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 remove filter
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Soft Drinks: Taxation more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the soft drinks industry levy on sugar consumption levels in the UK. more like this
tabling member constituency Strangford more like this
tabling member printed
Jim Shannon more like this
uin 168061 remove filter
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>The Levy is designed to tackle childhood obesity by incentivising producers and importers to reduce the amount of added-sugar in the drinks they sell. So far, over half of all drinks that would otherwise have been in-scope have reduced their sugar content.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England have also released ‘Sugar reduction: report on first year progress’ which shows that soft drinks manufacturers are leading the way in reducing sugar in their product.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-report-on-first-year-progress" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sugar-reduction-report-on-first-year-progress</a></p> more like this
answering member constituency Newark more like this
answering member printed Robert Jenrick more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-09-04T12:46:31.16Zmore like thismore than 2018-09-04T12:46:31.16Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Robert Jenrick remove filter
tabling member
4131
label Biography information for Jim Shannon more like this