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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 40 seems self-explanatory. It introduces schedule 5, which relates to the illegal act of handing over tobacco and nicotine products to individuals under the age of 18 in…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)I may have misheard the Minister, but I am not sure he explain why he does not think it is necessary in England.16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)So why is a list necessary? Why not just say “as long as they have taken reasonable steps to get the ID”?16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)Is the Minister suggesting that if a shop worker or retailer selling an age-restricted product to an individual saw a form of ID that is not listed in part 3 but which they were…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)My understanding is that clauses 42 and 43 provide for enforcement of fixed penalty notices for the old age of sale offences in the intervening time between the Bill being passed…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)I believe this is the clause the Minister previously mentioned in relation to bongs. It is his desire to ensure that items used for illegal drugs, which are currently legal only…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)My understanding was that the Minister did not wish to restrict the use of tobacco products and other products covered by this Bill by those who are over the age of sale, whether…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 46 provides the legal framework for the power to amend the definition of the identity documents in clauses 1 and 10. There has been some debate about the list of identity…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)One point to add is that individuals with certain disabilities may not have a driving licence, because their disability makes them ineligible to drive. The options available to…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 15 makes it an offence to give away or discount any vape product. That is important because discounts encourage us to buy more things. That is what they are there for; it…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I put on the record my good wishes for a happy birthday to the hon. Member for Dartford. He shares a birthday with both my daughter and my son’s science teacher, and I wish them…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I am afraid I do not think the schedule says that, so I do not know the answer. Presumably, the Minister will know the answer—or his civil servants will—and will be able to…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)I am not clear about that either, but I am sure the Minister will elucidate what exceptions he sees and when someone or somewhere would be used for selling such products without a…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. It is important, however, that those who are selling online and those who are selling in shops have to have a licence to do so. I hope that…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)Chapter 2 of part 3 of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017, which is being repealed by the Bill, establishes a regulatory framework for retailers of tobacco and nicotine products…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)Given that is what the Act does, it will be important for the Minister to consider the timing of the repeal. There are comprehensive powers under those provisions, and it will be…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)It is important that retailers who persistently flout the law are appropriately punished and that this acts as a deterrent for others. In his regulations, the Minister may want to…16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)Will the Minister address under which part of the legislation regulations will be made in Scotland?16 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)Some areas have a unitary authority, some have a unitary authority and a mayor, and some have restricted county councils. As local reorganisation occurs, how will the tier of…16 Jan 2025HANSARDHigher Education Regulatory ApproachI respect the Secretary of State’s wish to ensure that she has considered the Act thoroughly. I regret that it has taken her so long to come to the conclusion that free speech is…15 Jan 2025