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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for his clear answers. The purpose of the amendments is to provoke debate on the proportionality of the punishments in place and to encourage the…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)My hon. Friend is right that the advertising restrictions have changed, because the Governments of different colours over the period have changed them. That has reduced tobacco…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to discuss the substantive portion of the Bill, starting with clause 1. This Bill is vital health legislation. It takes a much-needed regulatory approach to…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the Minister for supporting the view that clause 1 will reduce the number of people who smoke. We can argue about how it will reduce the number of smokers and how many…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Thank you, Mr Dowd. My intention was merely to illustrate to the Committee the benefits of clause 1, rather than the risks, and the effect that reducing tobacco consumption will…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Some people talk about celebrating special events with a cigar. My hon. Friend talked about new year’s eve, birthdays, the birth of a child or weddings—people might celebrate…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)May I ask the hon. Lady if there is any evidence that in Scotland, it has reduced aggression towards retailers?09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, which builds on the point I was trying to make. The issue of managing individuals addicted to smoking who come to the UK is an…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)The Minister is shaking his head. So what is a reasonable step? Unless one is to ask everyone for ID, the first step will be to decide whether to ask the customer in front of them…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that very helpful intervention. I, too, am not entirely clear what the Bill means by reasonable steps. We seem to have established what some reasonable…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)My understanding—I am sure I will be corrected if I am wrong—is that New Zealand introduced the ban, but it had not come into force, at which point the Government changed. When…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)I understand the “polluter pays” concept that my hon. Friend is raising, but he is also talking about the morality of the situation. What does he think of the morality of…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)My hon. Friend raises two points there, one of which is that the age at which someone can sell a product may not correlate with the age at which they can buy it. That is true for…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)If one is expected to have a policy, guidance on what that policy should contain is certainly important. If one is going to be held accountable for not having such a policy in…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)On a point of order, Sir Roger. Good morning; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I rise on a point of order about the groupings for our discussions today. They are…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)The Minister is making a very impassioned point and I am grateful to him for doing so. Given his great passion for this area and the fact that, as the Minister for Public Health,…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)The Minister is making a very powerful and impassioned speech; I get the impression that he finds this situation frustrating. I wonder whether he will put a clause in the Bill…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I have not seen a clause in the Bill that prevents tobacco from being imported. The Minister will no doubt correct me if I am wrong…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)In the impact assessment, it says that 95% of people cannot give up through willpower alone. Will the Minister congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Basildon and…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q The Welsh Government are apparently struggling with compliance in hospital areas. What have you learned from your Welsh counterparts on how you can ensure better enforcement and…07 Jan 2025