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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I will come on to those points in due course to explain to the Committee why I think the shadow Minister is wrong in this regard and why she was wrong in all previous discussions…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I refer the shadow Minister to the answer I gave some moments ago. These are all matters of detail that will be subject to consultation. We will have the arguments as to the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I certainly do not think the hon. Gentleman is putting pernickety arguments, as he put it. They are important points. He and the shadow Minister are allowing me to provide…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)That is why it will be down to the consultation as to what precise details we will bring forward. It is not our intention to include hospitality settings, but the hon. Member has…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)People sitting in a beer garden where smoking is prevalent are breathing in second-hand smoke, but as the chief medical officers reminded the Committee, there is a balance here,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)My hon. Friend, who has done so much work in this area over such a long period of time, is absolutely right. I will come to some of the enforcement arguments. Our primary aim is…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The hon. Lady says that is not true, so maybe it is not quite ad nauseam, but we have covered an awful lot of ground on these arguments.28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Clause 136 amends an existing power in the Health Act 2006, relating to the designation of additional smoke-free places, to allow the Secretary of State to make regulations to any…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am sure it has. I was using shorthand, Mr Pritchard, and the wonderful people at Hansard will of course have the hon. Gentleman’s full title. Being the Member for Gorton and…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I do, which I have just said. The £30 million in the next financial year to boost the enforcement agencies will meet the needs that the Bill sets out. It is also about boots on…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Well, I hope that I will be a Minister for a very long time, both at the Department of Health and Social Care and with this public health brief, which I absolutely love. I will…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)Well, some of them are—the way Man City have been playing this season, I am not quite sure. Anyway, we will get back on to the Bill as quickly as possible. The ban will apply to…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eleventh sitting)I get that the shadow Minister is dancing on a pinhead, but she has brought to the Committee a set of amendments for which that would be the purpose. If they are pushed to a vote,…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am sure that many do. That is another important aspect.23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank hon. Members for their questions. The hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon just referred to my smirk, and it was indeed a text from somebody asking whether we should define…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)The clauses make it an offence for a person to be involved with a sponsorship agreement where the purpose is to promote in the course of business tobacco products, herbal smoking…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his thoughtful contribution and questions. First, to be clear, we are aligning with the same regulatory framework that was used for…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)The clause provides the Secretary of State with the power to introduce regulations that prohibit or restrict the brand sharing of tobacco products, herbal smoking products,…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)Absolutely—I agree with the hon. Lady that how it looks from the outside does matter. That is why, when these exemptions were put into earlier legislation, it was clear that none…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)My hon. Friend makes a very good point. I am grateful that we have somebody from the legal profession on this Committee to advise this Minister, who is not a lawyer, on provisions…23 Jan 2025