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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I will come to Scotland in due course. Schedule 1 establishes the framework for the regulations. It establishes that the licensing authority will be the local authority, and…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank Members for their contributions. Clauses 16 to 22, clause 85, and schedules 1 to 4 and 11 to 13 establish powers for Ministers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)No. The local authority, not the parish council, would be and will remain the licensing authority, as is the case at the present time. Notwithstanding that there may be a…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)Where we know an area is moving from a two-tier to a unitary authority, the clue is in the name: the unitary authority will be the licensing authority because there will be only…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)As I have said during previous outings in the course of this Committee, the Bill merely rolls over the existing fines. We would need to do a much more complex piece of work to…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. This group of clauses relates to restricted premises orders. These are existing measures that local authority trading…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)I will follow your guidance, Mr Dowd, because we will debate some of these issues further. First, I apologise to the shadow Minister on the subject of the questions that she…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)The shadow Minister makes an important case for these measures covering England and Wales. There are no known cases of Ministers needing to take over the enforcement of tobacco…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)In that case, clauses 28 to 30 relate to restricted sale orders, which are another tool in the arsenal of trading standards that can be used against those who repeatedly commit an…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)Yes.16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)The hon. Lady has asked a number of technical questions. We will get back to her and the Committee about the interrelationships between different clauses. On the question that she…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move.16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I was just about to say, Sir Roger, that might be one thing that we have to divide on later. I wish my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford all the best for today and hope that he…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)The clause places the duty to enforce the tobacco and vaping measures in part 1 of the Bill and any display regulations in England and Wales on local weights and measures…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)It is obvious that three separate offences have occurred, so if the hon. Lady is asking whether they count as three offences under the Bill, of course they would. They are each…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)All I can say to the shadow Minister is that we do not intend to use these powers. They would hopefully never see the light of day. However, we have to legislate for—we are keen…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)Scottish Ministers have advised that they do not wish us to legislate on this. It is my understanding that that is why these measures relate solely to England, Wales and Northern…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)Scotland does not have the powers in the Bill, and nor does Northern Ireland. We have discussed all of this in terms of where we are legislating for different parts of the United…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. May I start by not only thanking the shadow Minister for her support, but congratulating my hon. Friend the Member…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)Look, the clause merely reaffirms the current case, which is that local trading standards and weights and measures authorities must consider certain things. The hon. Gentleman is…16 Jan 2025