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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Anyone who heard the evidence on Tuesday cannot but have been shocked at what medical professionals see with their own eyes—not just the…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)I understand the hon. Member’s argument, but it does not hold water. There is no safe level of smoking. That is the fundamental issue. People can drink or gamble responsibly. We…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)We believe that a bong is a tobacco product, because the only reason shops are able to treat bongs as not being drugs paraphernalia and therefore to sell them is for the…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Thank you, Mr Dowd. At least, in taking your deep breath, you will not be passive smoking—it is a healthier deep breath than it might otherwise be. I thank all hon. Members for…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Because we do not need to. The measures in the Bill cover these bongs. For example, although it is not a direct tobacco product, clause 45 gives Ministers the power to cover…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)On a point of order, Sir Roger. The loop system in this room does not appear to be working, at least not for my hearing aid. I do not know whether somebody can get it switched on…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)Will the Minister give way?09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)I can hear you.09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)I will happily get back to the shadow Minister on that. On tobacco fines for under-age sales, it is up to trading standards to make a sensible decision—I emphasise the word…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Mr Dowd, I think that is very sensible. Certainly, in other Bill Committees that I have been on in the near two decades that I have been here, I have seen Ministers be cut off at…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I am also grateful to the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham, for bringing this discussion…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very sorry to hear about the hon. Gentleman’s constituent. I know at first hand how complex and debilitating long covid can be. As I mentioned in an earlier answer, there is…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q Can you tell us about the evidence of the impacts of second-hand smoking on cancer in your case, Dr Walker, and on asthma and lung conditions in your case, Sarah? What…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q Good morning, CMOs. I would like to ask about the additions to the Bill; it is of course a reincarnation, as Professor Whitty says, of an earlier Bill from the previous…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q The Bill seeks to reduce youth vaping. How do you think we can best achieve that while not deterring adult smokers from quitting? Professor Steve Turner: That is a really good…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)I beg to move a manuscript amendment: That the Order of the Committee of 7 January 2023 be varied by leaving out from “Aneurin Bevan University Health Board” to end of table and…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q In a nutshell, how important is it that the measures in the Bill are passed? Dr Ian Walker: Critical. Without a doubt, there is no single bigger action that you could take to…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q The measures in the Bill include the introduction of a licensing scheme for England, for Wales and for Northern Ireland. Scotland already has its own arrangements, which the…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Professor Daszkiewicz—I hope I have pronounced that right—we heard earlier from the chief medical officer of Wales and from representatives of Action on Smoking and Health Wales…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Of course local government has been at the forefront of enforcing existing tobacco measures. What lessons can we learn from the experience of local government in terms of…07 Jan 2025