Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons

David Mowat The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

The figures for child extractions are clearly disappointing and two key actions need to take place: less sugar, which we expect the soft drinks levy to help with; and getting more fluoride on to teeth, particularly through fluoride varnishing. That has increased across the NHS over the last year, and by 12% in Birmingham. We hope that that will make a difference.

But Birmingham has fluoridation - how much fluoride does it take to counter all that sugar the manufacturers pump into our food and drinks.