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Preventive Medicine

Asked by Adam ThompsonLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 21 October 2025UIN 905922

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help prevent ill health.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The 10 Year Health Plan announced ambitious measures to prevent ill health by making the healthy choice the easy choice. This includes a moonshot to end the obesity epidemic through mandatory healthy food sales reporting and introducing business targets to increase the healthiness of sales in all communities. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will deliver a smoke-free UK by gradually ending the sale of tobacco products.

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