A Bill to require the Secretary of State to set targets for sugar content in food and drinks; to provide that sugar content on food and drink labelling be represented in terms of the number of teaspoonfuls of sugar; to provide for standards of information provision in advertising of food and drinks; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
27 March 2015
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The Sugar in Food and Drinks (Targets, Labelling and Advertising) Bill would require the government to set targets for the sugar content in foods and drinks, change labelling so sugar is shown as a number of teaspoonfuls, and set rules for how sugar information is presented in advertising. It is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons and originated there in 2014.
The bill is at the second reading stage in the House of Commons; it originally appeared in 2014 and has not yet progressed beyond that stage in this record.
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15 Jul 2014
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 15 July 2014. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
