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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)That is a helpful clarification. Finally, in the explanatory statement, it says that enclosed vehicles account for everything “except ships and hovercraft” apparently because that…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I completely agree with the shadow Minister. I have two final points. Proposed new subsection (1B) makes reference to the meaning of an enclosed vehicle. I just want to clarify…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I accept that point, but I do not think my hon. Friend the Member for Windsor’s point was that the police do not currently have powers to stop people who are driving dangerously.…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr Pritchard. Clauses 126 and 127 and schedule 16 pertain to audiovisual and radio broadcasting restrictions on…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)My hon. Friend makes a good point, raised in a number of our debates, about future-proofing the Bill. There is a big discussion going on about artificial intelligence and how that…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)We may come on to this point when we discuss the substantive part of clause 136, but does the hon. Member not see any potential difficulty where there are different local…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)This is a point I will raise with the Minister as well—just to forewarn him—but, whereas I entirely agree with the future-proofing of this Bill in areas such as products and…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Looking at the amendments, I can see why the hon. Member for Dartford wants to do this. There clearly could be public health benefits and, as a localist myself, I am naturally…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I completely agree that we could very easily ban tobacco and vaping for everybody at every age. That would be the biggest incentive for people to quit. The Government—I think…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The Minister may come to this, and I am sorry to keep banging on about it, but I do not understand the future-proofing element of the clause and, therefore, why he opposes our…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I agree with my hon. Friend the shadow Minister. It seems strange that the Government want to have such wide-ranging powers in this area. Unlike other parts of the Bill, where…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The hon. Lady makes a very good point, but it is almost one that supports mine—although she said she believed that the current statements from the Government are proportionate, I…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for her clarification. I have great respect for her public health abilities and knowledge. I accept the points that she made, but Opposition Members feel…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The shadow Minister is right. I do not want to stray into the main part of the clause, which we will come to, but one of the key reasons behind the Liberal Democrats’ amendment 4…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Will the hon. Member give way?28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I entirely agree with the shadow Minister’s point about broken promises from the Labour Government, but I do not think she was saying, and I certainly was not saying, that we…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for his clarity about what he and the Secretary of State are going to consult on; I take him at his word, of course. But is he not now demonstrating the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I agree that the regulations on smoking in private vehicles with under-18s were symbolically the right thing to do. Is there evidence either that the ban was in any way…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)My comments follow on the shadow Minister’s. My understanding of amendment 10 is that, even if the occupant of the vehicle is entirely alone in their private vehicle, the hon.…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I do not pretend to have deep wisdom and insight into the whole population’s view on this, and I have not seen the studies the hon. Gentleman talks about, but I accept them. My…28 Jan 2025