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HANSARDDentistryOn 7 February 2024 the Government published our report, “Faster, simpler and fairer: our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry”, to accelerate the recovery of NHS dentistry…23 May 2024HANSARDDraft Human Medicines (Amendments relating to Registered Dental Hygienists, Registered Dental Therapists and Registered Pharmacy Technicians) Regulations 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Human Medicines (Amendments relating to Registered Dental Hygienists, Registered Dental Therapists and Registered…21 May 2024HANSARDDraft Human Medicines (Amendments relating to Registered Dental Hygienists, Registered Dental Therapists and Registered Pharmacy Technicians) Regulations 2024As always, my hon. Friend makes a very good point about the finances. I cannot answer his question immediately—I would have to refer back to the impact assessment—but perhaps I…21 May 2024HANSARDDraft Human Medicines (Amendments relating to Registered Dental Hygienists, Registered Dental Therapists and Registered Pharmacy Technicians) Regulations 2024I thank the hon. Gentleman for his support for the measures. He is absolutely right to highlight that we all want to see greater capacity and more depth in these sectors, as well…21 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank hon. Members for this debate and am grateful for the proposed amendments. I am sympathetic to the aims of the amendments, particularly those on pack inserts. They would…14 May 2024HANSARDDrug and Alcohol TreatmentThe Government’s landmark 10-year drug strategy “From harm to hope” committed to developing a comprehensive workforce strategy to rebuild the drug and alcohol treatment and…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)The clause provides quite simply that, if any measures in this Bill did not apply to the parliamentary estate, they would do so by virtue of the explicit mention in this clause.…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 76 provides that any regulations made under the Bill may make “consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional or saving provision”. That is a very good set of…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)This clause simply outlines the extent of the Bill: part 1 applies to England and Wales, part 2 to Scotland, part 3 to Northern Ireland and parts 4, 5 and 6 to the whole of the…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)This clause provides that the Bill may, in due course, be cited as the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2024. This is a standard clause, and I thoroughly commend it to the Committee.14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)I have a lot of sympathy with the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East, and with his amendment and new clause 6. The hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)As I say, I have a lot of sympathy for my hon. Friend’s point of view, but he will appreciate that Challenge 25 has been in place for a good long time, and it works reasonably…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)The clause provides a power to make transitional or saving provisions. Transitional provisions address how existing legislation will be phased out or replaced by new legislation,…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)I also pay tribute to the all-party group, and to the work of my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East over so many years; the effort that he has made to get us to this point…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)I assure my hon. Friend that I am very taken with that proposal—I very much like it—but I make the point to all hon. Members that this is just not the appropriate place for it. As…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East for bringing this discussion before the Committee. He has given the Bill a great deal of thought, and I am so grateful…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East, and to the hon. Member for York Central, who proposed a similar licensing scheme; other amendments that have not been…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank all hon. Members for this discussion. I have to say that I agree with them. It is extraordinary that vapes are advertised and promoted in places that are seen by children.…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)I would like to give the hon. Lady the reassurance that I will be coming forward with proposals from the Government to address the issues that have been raised.14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady for bringing these issues before the Committee. These new clauses seek to give more powers to the MHRA to introduce a testing regime for vaping and…14 May 2024