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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)With respect to the Minister, the point was that they are treated the same. My understanding is that, because of the rules around tobacco, actors who are non-smokers are more…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I understand that the Minister is saying this is what the industry is asking for and that it existed before. However, as a result of the change in regulations, people who act as…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Clause 138 relates to no-smoking signs in England and amends section 6 of the Health Act 2006, setting out that whoever occupies or manages no-smoking premises must ensure that…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)This is an important clause that I am pleased to see, as I have campaigned against vaping in children for quite some time, as the Minister is aware. As the Minister says, if you…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Although I disagree with my hon. Friend on the principle of vape-free places, he is making a reasonable point about the enforcement and congruity with smoke-free areas. If there…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Clause 141 is fairly self-explanatory and links to schedule 17, which contains the amendments to other legislation consequential on clauses 136 to 140. I do not have any specific…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Clause 140 and the associated provisions for the other parts of the United Kingdom provide powers for the Secretary of State to prohibit the use of heated tobacco products in…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)My understanding is that the industry, in the same way that it in the past marketed filters as a way of making things less harmful, when in actual fact the microplastics may have…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I appreciate that we do not agree on the point about vape-free places, but the argument that they will make people smoke seems to be based on the premise that if someone cannot…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Surely the alternative is asking people to vape elsewhere, although they would be exposing non-vapers and non-smokers—perhaps with clinical vulnerabilities, or perhaps children—to…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I support the clauses too, although I have a couple of questions. I hope the Minister will be so kind as to answer them. Clause 126 outlines that part 6 does not apply to…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I know my hon. Friend is very interested in AI. I am sure that if it is possible to do so, these industries will use any means available to them to maintain their market. The…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The clause outlines the responsibilities and jurisdictions of enforcement authorities tasked with ensuring compliance with part 6, which covers advertising and sponsorship.…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)My question was not simply how trading standards will use the money allocated, but whether the Minister feels that the money he has allocated is adequately purposed?28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Clause 133 gives the Secretary of State the power to extend part 6, which deals with advertising and sponsorship, and the Communications Act 2003 to other products, specifically…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Dartford for clearly laying out what he seeks to do. I understand that his desire to see a healthy population is driving his good intentions behind…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSpeech and Language TherapyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Mr Vickers. I congratulate the hon. Member for Lichfield (Dave Robertson) on his introduction to today’s debate. I also…27 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eleventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 87, in clause 114, page 63, line 16, after “product,” insert “except for the public health purpose of promoting vaping as a cessation tool for existing…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but while pharmacists are highly trained clinicians with the capacity to prescribe a number of products in specific cases, they…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He comes to this debate with significant experience as a pharmacist himself. In bringing forward this amendment, it is not our…23 Jan 2025