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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)All I can say to the hon. Lady is that she has heard me, and I am determined to bring that forward as soon as possible. There are good reasons for not putting the provision on the…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)The hon. Lady is absolutely right; they vary from 2 mg to 150 mg per pouch. I imagine that that variation would make it hard to provide a complete comparison, but she is quite…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend makes a good point. The Bill takes powers to bring forward the age of sale restriction, and that in itself will not require further consultation. It is my…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend makes a good point, which I will take away and reflect on. We have obviously already aired the discussion about the benefit of taking powers as opposed to putting…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend makes a really good point. We have heard about some of the heavy metals and other carcinogens in vapes. The Bill is so comprehensive in banning things such as…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 11 provides a regulation-making power to allow the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in England and the Welsh Ministers in Wales to introduce future…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)Again, I appreciate the sentiments expressed and associate myself with all of them. The hon. Member for York Central requested that we put in primary legislation that vapes must…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I appreciate the hon. Lady’s suggestion, and I will take it away and look at it. The immediate thing that springs to mind is that if someone is out with their children, it is…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)As I say, I accept the hon. Lady’s point and will reflect on it. The broader point is that there is obviously a balance here. We want to exclude vapes from children, but we do not…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend highlights exactly the challenge, which is the balance between helping adults to stop smoking, where turning to vapes can be the most successful tool in the…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)That is a very tricky question to answer. I certainly think that stop-smoking services are fully aware of all the different alternatives that an individual can take up. There is…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)Intellectually and morally, I completely agree that we need to protect children, and that is the priority. I think the Bill will do exactly that. We are taking the powers to…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)We are not at that point yet. We will come to those amendments and new clauses as and when. Question put and agreed to. Clause 11 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill.…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)This group of clauses relates to restricted premises orders, or RPOs. These are existing measures that local authority trading standards in England and Wales, and district…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend makes a really good point. It also justifies why this is particularly complicated to explain, let alone to take in. That is one of the reasons why there is a long…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I am pleased that the hon. Lady supports the clauses. They are absolutely vital to ensure that we have the proper enforcement powers. She asked about the investment in…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)Clauses 16 and 17 are based on and replace existing legislation for England and Wales. They relate to restricted sale orders, which is one of several measures in the Bill that…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for her points, which were all very well made. If I may, I will write to her about her question of how many times such orders have been used in the past. I…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)The clause makes a person potentially liable for an offence committed by a body, when that offence has been committed with their consent, connivance or neglect. That means that a…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)Clauses 19, 20 and 21 relate to the enforcement requirements of local weights and measures authorities in England and Wales. Clause 19 places the duty to enforce the tobacco and…09 May 2024