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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, the notice to debate whether Clause 136 should stand part of the Bill has been tabled as a probe. From my reading of Clause 136, it alters a long-standing regulatory…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillThat is helpful. These amendments once again bring us back to the issue of proportionality. The first thing to say, and I hope that no Member of the Committee will disagree with…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I begin, I am afraid, by briefly taking issue with the intent behind Amendment 180. I was grateful for the Minister’s comments on that. In the Bill, we have an…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, in this group of amendments we have seen a logical continuation of our debate on the previous group, since in their various ways these amendments pose the question of…17 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I cannot put it better than the noble Baroness, Lady Walmsley, has just done in relation to the recommendations about Allen Carr’s Easyway, which has been warmly…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, this group of amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Udny-Lister raises a number of sensible points about proportionality, transparency and evidence within the…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillThat is a very helpful clarification; I am grateful to my noble friend. There is a good parallel with the Portman Group, which is recognised, as he said, in statute and has a…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, each amendment in this group constitutes a suggestion to the Government that there is a place for regulation with a lighter touch in what is currently a rather…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to this group of amendments, which centre on three linked themes: the need for careful, joined-up policy-making; the need for proper review; and the…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I need to start with some apologies to my noble friends Lord Mott and Lord Udny-Lister because I have to express a measure of caution on Amendment 142, which would…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, through these amendments my noble friend has issued a challenge to the Government which I think is extremely welcome. The challenge is to explain why the objectives the…13 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group speak to a set of principles that my noble friend Lord Kamall and I have emphasised throughout our scrutiny of the Bill: namely, that the…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, taken together, this group of amendments focuses on the question of how the new fixed penalty notice regime will operate in practice, how enforcement will be resourced…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, in Amendment 114A, my noble friend Lord Jackson of Peterborough rightly highlighted the need for any regulations in this part of the Bill to be underpinned by evidence…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I need no persuading about the damage to health caused by both active and passive smoking. However, throughout my years in dealing with health matters, I have also been…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I feel it is appropriate that we should have at least a short debate on Clauses 35, 36, 129 and 130, partly because they raise concerns that are very similar to those I…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, the purpose of a clause stand part debate at this stage of the Bill is to ask some questions. There is no implication that the clause should be deleted. I simply wanted…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, in speaking to Amendments 35 and 42 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Kamall, I will also express my strong support for Amendment 30, moved by my noble friend…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy Lords, I turn first to Amendment 16, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, and my noble friend Lord Parkinson. The amendment raises the broad question of how, as a society,…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillIf it is a tobacco product, I take the point, but I thought that the noble Baroness was also arguing about handing out free vapes. Making it illegal for a shopkeeper to supply an…30 Oct 2025