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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, for his comments and to the Minister for her response. The very fact that there is an illicit market is an indication that…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, just to clarify on the previous group and to quote myself, I advised caution about the idea of combining the two kinds of licences, specifically because of the strong…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill03 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 34 in the name of my noble friend Lord Russell and Amendments 141 and 143 in the name of my noble friend Lord Rennard. I will also…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I am afraid I do not support the wish of the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, and the noble Earl, Lord Howe, to delete Clause 35 and its associated clauses. I do not believe…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, these amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, and the noble Earl, Lord Howe, from whom we will hear later,…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, this group of amendments starting from Amendment 39 and ending at Amendment 212—apart from Amendment 119, in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Kamall, and the noble…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI ask for a brief clarification. Is the Minister claiming that Amendment 12 is not necessary because she will accept Amendment 148?30 Oct 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, as I understand it, following the Royal Assent of this Bill, there will be more consultations on many of the regulations the Government plan to bring forward. The call…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I have a great sympathy for this group of amendments introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Kamall. There should be a limit on the strength of nicotine products which are…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I will speak first to the amendments from my noble friends. My noble friend Lord Russell and I laid Amendment 21 to probe the issue of the affordability of vapes for…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, on behalf of our Benches, I have added my name to my noble friend Lady Northover’s Amendment 12. I also support Amendment 148, of course, although my name is not on it…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 22 in my name and those of my noble friend Lord Russell and the noble Baroness, Lady Grey-Thompson. As my noble friend said, it seeks to prohibit…30 Oct 2025HANSARDPlant-based DietMy Lords, I chaired your Lordships’ inquiry into food, diet and obesity. We recommended that the school food standards, which are 10 years old, should be updated in the light of…28 Oct 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I do not think it is fair to ask a courier driver to verify the age of a person, so the noble Lord, Lord Young, has a very good point, and age verification online is…27 Oct 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I am not going to say much about Amendment 4. I think that, if this Bill is effective, there will not be many people still left smoking by 2040—I certainly hope not—but…27 Oct 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, we were talking about the issue of one person almost the same age as another person having less freedom of choice. The point is that once you are addicted to nicotine,…27 Oct 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I just make a few points that have been raised in the debate. Noble Lords will soon find out that I do not take the same view as my noble friend Lord Scriven; I take the…27 Oct 2025HANSARDMinimally Invasive Cancer TherapiesMy Lords, all new therapies require specialists to deliver them but, according to the Royal College of Radiologists, there is a shortage of both diagnostic and interventional…24 Jul 2025HANSARDAdvertising Restrictions on Less Healthy FoodTo ask His Majesty’s Government how many advertisements for less healthy food will be shown on television as a result of their recent delay in implementing planned advertising…14 Jul 2025