Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:52 pm on 15 November 2016.
First Minister, you will naturally be aware that smoking rates have declined over the years, partly of course because legislation has been put in place because the number that smoked was still stubbornly high until we had that ban on smoking in public buildings. In the same period, in the last decade, the rates of obesity have increased rather than fallen. Would you agree that legislative measures such as a sugar tax and a minimum price per unit of alcohol could also have a place in all of this obesity agenda? Would you agree that those two steps would strengthen any public health Bill in Wales?