Parliamentary reaction to the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: applied thematic analysis of 2016-2020 parliamentary debates
<p><strong>Objective:</strong> The UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) (announced in March 2016; implemented in April 2018) aims to incentivise reformulation of soft drinks to reduce added sugar levels. The SDIL has been applauded as a policy success, and it has survived calls from...
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| author | Jones, CP Lawlor, ER Forde, H Van Tulleken, DRZ Cummins, S Adams, J Smith, R Rayner, M Rutter, H Penney, TL Alliot, O Armitage, S White, M |
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| description | <p><strong>Objective:</strong> The UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) (announced in March 2016; implemented in April 2018) aims to incentivise reformulation of soft drinks to reduce added sugar levels. The SDIL has been applauded as a policy success, and it has survived calls from parliamentarians for it to be repealed. We aimed to explore parliamentary reaction to the SDIL following its announcement until two years post-implementation in order to understand how health policy can become established and resilient to opposition.</p>
<p><strong>Design:</strong> Searches of Hansard for parliamentary debate transcripts that discussed the SDIL retrieved 186 transcripts, with 160 included after screening. Five stages of Applied Thematic Analysis were conducted: familiarisation and creation of initial codebooks; independent second coding; codebook finalisation through team consensus; final coding of the dataset to the complete codebook; and theme finalisation through team consensus.</p>
<p><strong>Setting:</strong> The United Kingdom Parliament.</p>
<p><strong>Participants:</strong> N/A</p>
<p><strong>Results:</strong> Between the announcement (16/03/2016) – royal assent (26/04/2017), two themes were identified 1: SDIL welcomed cross-party 2: SDIL a good start but not enough. Between royal assent – implementation (5/04/2018), one theme was identified 3: The SDIL worked – what next? The final theme identified from implementation until 16/03/2020 was 4: Moving on from the SDIL.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> After the announcement, the SDIL had cross-party support and was recognised to have encouraged reformulation prior to implementation. Lessons for governments indicate that the combination of cross-party support and a policy’s documented success in achieving its aim can help cement the resilience of it to opposition and threats of repeal.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:3082d5ca-4edd-4dfc-8aa8-e538946af3052024-03-15T10:58:04ZParliamentary reaction to the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: applied thematic analysis of 2016-2020 parliamentary debatesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:3082d5ca-4edd-4dfc-8aa8-e538946af305EnglishSymplectic ElementsCambridge University Press2024Jones, CPLawlor, ERForde, HVan Tulleken, DRZCummins, SAdams, JSmith, RRayner, MRutter, HPenney, TLAlliot, OArmitage, SWhite, M<p><strong>Objective:</strong> The UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) (announced in March 2016; implemented in April 2018) aims to incentivise reformulation of soft drinks to reduce added sugar levels. The SDIL has been applauded as a policy success, and it has survived calls from parliamentarians for it to be repealed. We aimed to explore parliamentary reaction to the SDIL following its announcement until two years post-implementation in order to understand how health policy can become established and resilient to opposition.</p> <p><strong>Design:</strong> Searches of Hansard for parliamentary debate transcripts that discussed the SDIL retrieved 186 transcripts, with 160 included after screening. Five stages of Applied Thematic Analysis were conducted: familiarisation and creation of initial codebooks; independent second coding; codebook finalisation through team consensus; final coding of the dataset to the complete codebook; and theme finalisation through team consensus.</p> <p><strong>Setting:</strong> The United Kingdom Parliament.</p> <p><strong>Participants:</strong> N/A</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Between the announcement (16/03/2016) – royal assent (26/04/2017), two themes were identified 1: SDIL welcomed cross-party 2: SDIL a good start but not enough. Between royal assent – implementation (5/04/2018), one theme was identified 3: The SDIL worked – what next? The final theme identified from implementation until 16/03/2020 was 4: Moving on from the SDIL.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> After the announcement, the SDIL had cross-party support and was recognised to have encouraged reformulation prior to implementation. Lessons for governments indicate that the combination of cross-party support and a policy’s documented success in achieving its aim can help cement the resilience of it to opposition and threats of repeal.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Jones, CP Lawlor, ER Forde, H Van Tulleken, DRZ Cummins, S Adams, J Smith, R Rayner, M Rutter, H Penney, TL Alliot, O Armitage, S White, M Parliamentary reaction to the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: applied thematic analysis of 2016-2020 parliamentary debates |
| title | Parliamentary reaction to the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: applied thematic analysis of 2016-2020 parliamentary debates |
| title_full | Parliamentary reaction to the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: applied thematic analysis of 2016-2020 parliamentary debates |
| title_fullStr | Parliamentary reaction to the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: applied thematic analysis of 2016-2020 parliamentary debates |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parliamentary reaction to the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: applied thematic analysis of 2016-2020 parliamentary debates |
| title_short | Parliamentary reaction to the announcement and implementation of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: applied thematic analysis of 2016-2020 parliamentary debates |
| title_sort | parliamentary reaction to the announcement and implementation of the uk soft drinks industry levy applied thematic analysis of 2016 2020 parliamentary debates |
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