Health: Diabetes — Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:14 pm on 1 February 2012.

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Photo of Earl Howe Earl Howe The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health 3:14, 1 February 2012

The noble Lord is to be congratulated on bringing me back to the very important subject of the labelling of alcoholic drinks. I hope that the House will feel that he was a little unfair in blaming the Government for the line that they have taken on this. As the noble Lord knows, labelling is an area that is very largely a matter of EU competence. However, he is right that type 2 diabetes is closely linked to obesity and insufficient physical activity. We would like to see businesses use a more consistent front-of-pack nutrition labelling approach than has been achieved in the past, particularly with food.