Labour MP Mary Creagh told Children Now she had held severalconversations with Kelly about the Bill, which goes beyond the measuresrecently announced by the Government.
"Ruth has been helpful and given some good advice," Creagh said."Generally, she is very supportive. She has a genuine concern aboutchildren's health."
Creagh also backed moves to inspect children's lunchboxes for junkfood.
She applauded Victoria Infants School in Cumbria, which is confiscatingpacked lunches with no nutritional value and giving children a schooldinner instead.
"That's a sensible solution, as long as that child is not stigmatisedand that parent receives clear information about why that's happened,"she said.
- See Debate, p14.
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