paper in the next six months setting out the government's ambition and priorities for the food system. this will support our exceptional british food and drink producers and protect and enhance the nation's health and the natural environment for generations to come. but a number of peers questioned the commitment to the strategy after borisjohnson�*s comments. the prime minister's dismissal of a salt and sugar tax is a political decision. can the minister assure the house that in future, scientific evidence will form the basis for decisions affecting the health of the whole country? is the government proud of its status of being - the second most obese nation in the world after the united l states, with whom it presumably has a special relationship? - surely having a tax on salt - and sugar will reduce obesity, reduce the costs to the nhs and maybe even make - people happy. why aren't they doing it? one of henry dimbleby�*s