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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I am genuinely grateful to hon. Members for bringing this discussion before the Committee. We all agree that with vaping, product packaging is an integral part of what we are…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)Absolutely. The Bill does allow us great flexibility in these areas and, to clarify, this does include amending fonts and alphanumeric markings, which is the intent of amendment…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving me the chance to give my personal opinion on licensing. It is a licence for the vaping industry to get rid of the competition, make loads…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)This clause provides the Department of Health and Social Care Secretary of State with a power to regulate the contents and flavour of vaping products and nicotine products. Vaping…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I share the views expressed here today that we have got to stop the marketing aimed at children in the brutal and cynical way that is happening right now. Hon. Members will…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)The definitions are to provide the broadest and most flexible range of powers to clamp down on all the various illicit and under-age products designed to get children addicted to…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)My hon. Friend is exactly right. There is another factor, of course, which is that a lot of these vape flavours are non-toxic for consumption only, as the chief medical officer…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 64 enables any regulations made under the Bill relating to the packaging, flavours and other requirements of tobacco, vape and nicotine products to include provision about…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 67 requires that, before the introduction of any regulations setting product requirements for tobacco, vaping and nicotine products, the Secretary of State must obtain…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)The funding for enforcement agencies will be increased by £30 million a year, to be used by HMRC, Border Force and trading standards, and the breakdown of the funding will be…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)This clause states that when regulations are made under part 4 of the Bill—on tobacco, vaping and nicotine product requirements—the requirements could be applied to the Crown in…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I commend the clause to the Committee.14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I am very happy to write to the hon. Lady with further thoughts, but I think we have covered all the points that she raised. Question put and agreed to. Clause 71 accordingly…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I commend the clause to the Committee.14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I would like to take this moment, as the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston has, to say that this has been an incredible piece of work, at pace, by the Bill team. I would like…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)Before being able to sell nicotine vapes on the UK consumer market, producers should ensure that their products meet the standards required under the Tobacco and Related Products…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move that the clause stand part of the Bill.14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)Before I speak to the clauses, I want to set out, for the purposes of clarity, what we mean when we refer to vapes. Different terminology is used in law, depending on whether we…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)Clauses 1, 37 and 48 change the age of sale for tobacco products, herbal smoking products and cigarette papers so that no one born on or after 1 January 2009 will legally be sold…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)First, I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his very long-standing campaign to stamp out nicotine and tobacco. He is absolutely right that we will need to make it very clear to…09 May 2024