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HANSARDTobacco 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 extension of smoke-free legislation to outdoor settings is of course subject to consultation, but in England we have made it very clear that we will be consulting on…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q I can assure you that there will be consultation with the sector. What would you want to see from a licensing scheme? Are there any lessons from supporting the implementation of…07 Jan 2025HANSARDDrug and Alcohol Addiction: TreatmentThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point. This Government are committed to having the healthiest generation of children ever. That means we will have a concerted effort on a…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q From their ID, you would. Inga Becker-Hansen: From their ID, you would. What I am trying to say is that it raises the thing of eventually becoming “no ID, no sale”, which is a…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 (Second sitting)Q The shadow Minister is absolutely right to mention highlighter pens. You mentioned pen drives. There are examples of vapes that look like mobile phones. There are examples of…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)Q How can Government best support retailers to implement the changes in the Bill? Inga Becker-Hansen: Ideally, with a cohesive guideline illustrating to retailers how to implement…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 I am not sure whether you understood the question that I was asking. If I have a piece of ID that shows clearly that I was born after 1 January 2009, that is very simple to…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn September the Secretary of State and I met the families of people who had suffered harm following the covid-19 vaccination, including my hon. Friend’s constituent Sheila Ward,…07 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Cancer Plan: Brain TumoursWe absolutely want to ensure early detection of these cancers, and I recently met representatives of the Brain Tumour Charity to discuss how we can roll that out. The Government…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 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 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises a really important point. NHS England is due to complete a stocktake of long covid services throughout England at the end of this month. That will provide an…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q The Bill takes powers to introduce restrictions on vaping, which are obviously subject to consultation after the Bill receives Royal Assent. What factors do you think will need…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 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q Let me ask a question of Suzanne Cass. We heard from the CMO for Wales in the session before that the extension of smoke-free to outdoor places—such as outside hospitals, in…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 2025