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Debate on the Address: Health and Education (11 Dec 2008) has video

Sharon Hodgson: ...to break the mould. Health issues are pertinent to my constituency. For example, in the Sunderland metropolitan area, life expectancy is 18 months below the national average and death rates from smoking, heart disease, strokes and cancer are all above the national average. I am enjoying my new role, but I want to make it clear that I am acutely aware of the priorities for health care in my...

Bill Presented: Topical Debate — Preventive Health Services (10 Jan 2008) has video

Sharon Hodgson: ...suffering from a potentially terminal illness. There is huge potential in the increased screening programme and it will make a real difference for many in my constituency. The introduction of the smoking ban, the success of the "five a day" campaign and improvements in the quality of school meals all add up to show the Government's strong and continuing commitment to public health in...

Orders of the Day: Health and Education (13 Nov 2007)

Sharon Hodgson: ...and education. The Government rightly note the need to tackle obesity, promote skills and change lifestyles. My constituency suffers from health inequalities, which must be reversed. Obesity rates, smoking rates, cancer rates and deaths from heart disease are all higher than average. Despite that, I remind hon. Members that it remains one of the most scenic and friendly places in which one...

School Meals (5 Jul 2006)

Sharon Hodgson: ...is simply not acceptable. The cost to the economy of the rapidly rising levels of obesity is conservatively estimated at about £3.5 billion a year. On top of that, obesity is rapidly closing in on smoking as the biggest killer in Britain. Good education is fundamental to combating the rising threat of obesity to our nation's health. For those reasons, I strongly urge the Government to...

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (8 Nov 2005)

Sharon Hodgson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many submissions she received following the recent consultation on banning smoking in public places; how many submissions supported the Government's preferred option; and how many submissions supported the option which would ban smoking in all enclosed workplaces and private members clubs and bars and pubs not selling food.