7. Will the Cabinet Secretary outline what action is being taken by the Welsh Government to tackle childhood obesity? OAQ52041

Yes. We will consult on a cross-Government strategy to prevent and reduce levels of obesity later this year. It will outline the actions needed at a Wales and UK level to complement existing measures like the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013, our Healthy Child Wales programme, and, of course, nutritional standards in schools.

Thank you. As the Cabinet Secretary knows, Welsh Government will be receiving some £57 million as part of the new soft drinks levy, and I was concerned to see how little of that money is going to be spent on measures to tackle childhood obesity, which is very different to the approach being taken in the rest of the UK. I know that there are good schemes out there. The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee has taken lots of evidence on things that would make a big difference to children and young people and I know that the Welsh Local Government Association have been talking to officials about an exercise referral scheme for children and young people and also a scheme working with Public Health Wales that would ensure better use of things like third generation sports facilities in Wales. Will the Cabinet Secretary look at that money closely to ensure that we do use a much better proportion of that to tackle what is really a major public health challenge of our time? Thank you.

I recognise this is a major, significant public health challenge. That's why we've already taken some of the steps we've already taken, but it is about looking at what we do next, and I'd be very interested in the committee's report and its recommendations because we have not yet signed off a consultation on our strategy. Then I will finalise what the strategy should be and how we'll use our resources to make it real, because part of the challenge often is moving from strategy and well-meaning objectives that broadly everyone signs up to into how we persuade and get around certain members of the public to make different choices. That's not just making unhealthy choices more difficult or expensive; it is actually how we make healthier choices easier to undertake as well. So, I will definitely be interested in the evidence from the committee. I'll be interested in what other partners have to say and, yes, we'll engage in a range of—[Inaudible.]—before signing off not just the strategy but the recommendations, the action we'll take and how we'll fund that because, as I say, I do recognise that this is a real and significant public health challenge that has the potential to overtop significant parts of health and social care.

And finally, question 8, Adam Price.