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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you; that is helpful. My other question is about the difference between indoor and outdoor exposure to smoke. In this country, we have had laws preventing smoking in…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q My final question is about the verification measures and Challenge 25, which we have heard has been successful in ensuring that children under the age of 18 are not sold such…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Another question I had was about the research you have done into the effect on pregnant women and children. We heard a little bit on that from the chief medical officers this…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for coming today. You have been monitoring and evaluating tobacco control policy and stop smoking strategies for many years. Earlier this year, you said that you…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Wendy, do you have any thoughts— Lord Michael Bichard: Sorry, I did not hear that. The sound is not—07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you; that is really helpful. What about the new licensing scheme that local government needs to bring in? Do you feel you have the resources to do that? Will it give you…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q You have talked about time. Time can mean lots of different things—weeks, months, years. What sort of timeframe do you have in mind? David Fothergill: The important thing is…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q 39 Thank you, Sir Mark, and welcome to the witnesses; thank you for coming today. My first question is: do the local authorities have the resources they need to enforce these…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q Smoking is a huge cause of cancers. Do you expect that this Bill will reduce the number of cases of cancer and increase the age of people who get cancer across the country? Dr…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q What effect do you think vapes have on the health and the lungs of young people? Do you think the Bill will help to reduce the take-up of vaping in children? Sarah Sleet: In…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q The current advice, which was reiterated by the chief medical officer in the last session, is that if you do not vape, do not vape, but that if you smoke, vaping may be a better…07 Jan 2025HANSARDNHS Waiting TimesThe Secretary of State needs to be careful with the words he uses, as you said, Mr Speaker, because his words did cause anxiety among people. It was not a disingenuous question;…07 Jan 2025HANSARDNHS Waiting TimesThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. [ Interruption. ] I am sorry—that is the last time I will get called. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Yesterday, in relation to the elective backlog, the…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q What was your thought process on shisha, bongs and other paraphernalia, which some people feel are not adequately covered by the Bill? Andrew Gwynne: Oh, you will get me on my…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q I am not sure that I completely understand your argument, because the rise in age of being able to smoke will also inevitably raise the age of people who are wishing to quit. Of…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Okay, but you do not have specific evidence that compares flavours. Say the popular flavours are cherry and raspberry—you do not have anything that says which is safer.…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q That leaves the Government with a difficult choice, does it not? At the moment, there are a whole plethora of flavours. You can make the descriptions boring very easily but, if…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to ask you about flavours, given your experience of people who are trying to quit. There has been some debate about restricting flavours, and how flavours entice children…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Professor Agrawal, do you have anything to contribute about the effects of vaping on older people? Professor Sanjay Agrawal: The majority of adults who vape have smoked, so they…07 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q We have heard a bit today about the marketing of vapes and the flexibility of industry to maintain its market of nicotine-addicted people. Do you think that the Bill is…07 Jan 2025