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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)This is obviously an incredibly important area of enforcement, and successful enforcement is integral to the success of this policy. To the question from the hon. Member for…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)Clauses 22 and 23 relate to powers for Ministers to take over enforcement in England and Wales. Clause 22 provides a power for the Secretary of State for the Department of Health…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston for her comments and views. She asked a really important question: will we enforce at a national level? The answer is that, at…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston for bringing this discussion to the Committee, and I fully appreciate the sentiment behind the amendment. I completely…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend is exactly right, and I will run through the levels of fines for the benefit of hon. Members.09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I completely agree; the hon. Lady makes a good point. What people would see as a deterrent is an open question. I would see a £100 fine as a deterrent; I do not have £100 in my…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)The hon. Lady makes a good point. There is an open question as to what the right level is, but it is for trading standards to decide whether the individual member of staff or the…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)The hon. Lady makes a good point. Of course, most of us do not carry £100 in cash, because we do not need to these days. My point was more that if the fine is £200, an individual…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I will make progress, if that is all right—I will give way before I finish. I just want to ensure that hon. Members are aware of the facts. Clause 25 states that funds received…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I can give my hon. Friend the reassurance that she seeks. With regards to the issuing of fines and whether the shopkeeper would know, it will be for trading standards to have the…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend makes an excellent suggestion, and I will certainly take that away to reflect on it. My initial thought is that we could, unfortunately, end up with a situation…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)Indeed.09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 27 provides that schedule 1 amends aspects of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017. It amends the existing provision relating to the handing over of tobacco to under-age…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you both so much for being here today. As you will know, what witnesses are providing are the words and the arguments to enable the smooth passage of the Bill. Professor…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you both. You have alluded to the fact that this is not a choice, but an addiction. Can you explain how that impacts on your patients? What do they say when you tell them,…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Mr Mitchell, what do patients say to you when you tell them, “I am very sorry, but you’re going to die”? Tim Mitchell: Very often, when I see patients who smoke, I encourage…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Could I ask you both to agree that it is therefore not a matter of free choice? This is an addiction that removes people’s choice; would you both be willing to agree with that?…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Further to that, I would like to probe a bit on that, because it has been put forward that some colleagues would prefer prescription-only vapes. However, from speaking to vapers…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q The chief medical officer said earlier that he would encourage the vaping sector to perhaps try for registration for a particular vape for prescription. Nobody has done that as…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you so much for being here this afternoon. It is incredibly helpful. Can I ask you the chicken-and-egg question? Does smoking make you depressed, does depression cause you…01 May 2024