The Grocer’s Food & Health Debate will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 20 and Monday 21 February.

Highlights from the debate, where health secretary Andrew Lansley was a keynote speaker, will air on The Food Programme at 12.30pm on Sunday (20 February) and at 16.00pm on Monday (21 February). 

Lansley used his speech at the event to outline the government’s Responsibility Deal on public health.

He told delegates that the industry had a vital role to play in promoting long-term behavioural change but rejected criticism from health campaigners that he had "given the car keys" to food companies on public health issues.

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Lansley: ‘I won’t give food industry the car keys on public health’ (4 February 2011)