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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)Let me start with the point made by the hon. Member for South Northamptonshire on the need for agility. I have argued in respect to a number of clauses that we have to be agile.…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)This clause provides the Secretary of State with powers to regulate substances, and the amount of a substance, used in vaping products, tobacco products, tobacco-related devices,…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)Again, that is the beauty of the permissive nature of this Bill. Where loopholes are being exploited, Ministers will be able to come back to Parliament with a simple piece of…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)Of course, trading standards enforces the sale of these things, so if the hon. Lady has concerns about particular products being sold in the online sphere, the first port of call…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)What the amendments seek to do is to put the messages on cigarettes themselves. Those powers exist in the Bill. I do not understand what the shadow Minister is talking about,…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)I welcome this debate because it raises some important questions. First, we have had a long discussion about the MHRA, and under the existing legislation it is the appropriate…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)The clause allows the Secretary of State to make regulations to establish a register for tobacco, vaping and nicotine products for their permitted supply in the UK. That will…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)As the clause stands, the product would be removed from the register and could not be sold. Alongside that, we aim to establish a testing regime to check regularly that products…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)Yes, that is absolutely the case. On the shadow Minister’s question about the ingredients in the vape—or any other product, for that matter—if those turn out to be different from…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Ninth sitting)Perhaps the hon. Lady will let me finish. The measures are standard practice for any Bill, but Members have put some questions to me, so I will reassure them about some of the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Ninth sitting)We are here to ensure that the Bill gets on the statute book. I was under the impression—perhaps the misapprehension—that at least the two Opposition Front Benchers, the hon.…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I am grateful to hon. Members for their questions on these clauses, which are entirely technical and appertain to the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)I am grateful to the shadow Minister.21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)I agree with the hon. Gentleman: I do not think so either. I do not think I would get terribly many followers, and I am not sure I could ever be described as an influencer, except…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)I am grateful to the Committee for this discussion. Amendment 5 and new clause 1 require the Secretary of State to consult on regulations to introduce health warnings on…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Ninth sitting)Those are important considerations for when we are developing the regulations, and I take precisely the same view as the shadow Minister. These things have to be part of that…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for the points she has raised. Definitions are needed to ensure that the legislation can be interpreted with an appropriate understanding of the…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Ninth sitting)I absolutely do with that. The point I am making is that we have just over another week to deal with these matters. If we get to the end of next week not having considered…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)I am not sure whether my social media clips from this Committee or any other parliamentary proceedings are quite made for TikTok, but who knows?21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)It absolutely does. That is why these powers are framed in the way they are. It is something that the Secretary of State and Ministers, when considering the balance that I have…21 Jan 2025