Food Products (Marketing to Children) Bill

Part of Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 1:41 pm on 25 April 2008.

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Photo of Philip Davies Philip Davies Conservative, Shipley 1:41, 25 April 2008

My hon. Friend is right. Others who spoke in the debate made it clear that some organisations, such as McDonald's, spend millions of pounds on promoting sport. Those of us who believe that promoting sport and physical exercise is a far better tool for tackling childhood obesity find it perverse that the Bill would prevent a food manufacturer from spending millions of pounds on promoting sport for young people.