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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifteenth sitting)Clause 160 and schedule 21 provide further general consequential amendments relating to this Bill. The specific amendments to existing legislation are set out in the schedule.…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifteenth sitting)No, I am not, but the point is that the law has to apply equally within Parliament and outside of Parliament. There has to be a consistency of approach, and just because a person…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifteenth sitting)This is a standard clause. It provides that the measures in the Bill and regulations made under it apply to the parliamentary estate. I hope that Opposition Members do not think…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifteenth sitting)If my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford wants to intervene, he need only ask.30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifteenth sitting)My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Litter is something that this Government take seriously. Tobacco litter remains a concern for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister for moving this new clause for debate and to my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford for tabling it. New clause 4 would require the Secretary…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifteenth sitting)That is way above my pay grade. It is a matter for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and I have already assured my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford that I…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifteenth sitting)We are very clear about the measures in the Bill that we will consult on, but I reassure my hon. Friend that I am in regular contact with Ministers across Government about a whole…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for City of Durham for tabling the new clause, because it allows us to have a debate about a really important matter. As has been…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you back in the Chair, Mr Pritchard. There is light at the end of the tunnel: today is the day that we will have a Bill in one shape or another, having…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I reassure the shadow Minister that on some of these things I am going to go supersonic.30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister for her new clause 7. It would require the Government to publish and consult on draft regulations relating to the registration and information…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister for bringing this discussion before the Committee today. New clause 8 would require the Government to produce annual reports on the scale of…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I am not sure whether it is because of selective amnesia, or whether the shadow Minister has had a really good lunch, but she seems to have entirely forgotten our previous…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixteenth sitting)It is our intention that the reports will be published in accordance with the mechanisms with which they are published now, with the frequency that they are now published.…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixteenth sitting)It is good to be back after a short lunch break, Mr Pritchard; I trust Members are well nourished ahead of this afternoon’s sitting. I am grateful to the shadow Minister for this…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixteenth sitting)We are doing this together.30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister for moving the new clause tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend. New clause 5 would introduce a ban on…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixteenth sitting)First, I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford for his thanks. It would be remiss of me not to pay tribute to the former Prime Minister. When we were debating clause 1—all…30 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixteenth sitting)The Bill is and will be, as an Act of Parliament, in full accordance with our international obligations. We will have a smoke-free United Kingdom, and the measures appertaining to…30 Jan 2025