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What steps she is taking to ensure that HM Passport Office meets the service standard times for processing passport applications.

Tabled: 19 April 2022Answered: 25 April 2022

Asked by

Grahame Morris

LabourEasington

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Wes Streeting)

Obesity robs children of the best possible start in life, hits the poorest hardest, sets them up for a lifetime of health problems and costs the NHS billions, so I can announce to the House that we are expanding the soft drinks industry levy to include bottles and cartons of milkshakes, flavoured milk and milk substitute drinks. [ Interruption. ] We are also reducing the threshold to 4.5 grams of sugar per 100 ml. This Government will not look away as children get unhealthier and our political opponents urge us to leave them behind.