Written Question·Treasury·UIN 50761
Processed Food: Taxation
Tabled: 7 May 2025
Answered: 16 May 2025
Question
Jayne Kirkham
Labour (Co-op) — Truro and Falmouth
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a tax on ultra-processed food.
Answer
James MurrayThe ‘Strengthening the Soft Drinks Industry Levy’ consultation, published last month, seeks ways to encourage producers to remove added sugar from soft drinks. Specifically, it sets out proposals to reduce the minimum sugar threshold at which the levy app...
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