Preventing Avoidable Sight Loss — [Mrs Cheryl Gillan in the Chair]

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 9:30 am on 28 March 2017.

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Photo of Maggie Throup Maggie Throup Conservative, Erewash 9:30, 28 March 2017

My hon. Friend talks about sight loss increasing in the future. Does she agree that obesity, which has the knock-on effect of causing type 2 diabetes, is one of the causes of sight loss? Children in their teens are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, so we really need to think about how we tackle and prevent that in the long term.