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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I have much sympathy with my hon. Friend’s point of view. I must confess, I am not clear—I am sure the hon. Member for Dartford will be able to tell us—who will enforce this…28 Jan 2025HANSARDChild SafeguardingThe Secretary of State should consider what she just said. The Bill has specific clauses about home schooling. I know that the Labour Government do not like any form of education…27 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eleventh sitting)Forgive me; I am not sure I fully understand the hon. Member’s point in relation to what I was just saying, but that is probably because I have not explained myself well enough,…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eleventh sitting)I do not intend to opine for very long on these clauses, because they have been covered amply by my hon. Friends. I caveat everything I am about to say with an absolute…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eleventh sitting)The hon. Lady makes an interesting point. I will not labour my point any further, because I think I have made it; I am sure that the Minister can respond to it when we get there.…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Sir Roger. I am sure the shadow Minister can come in after me if she wishes to opine on clause 100. Clause 99 grants…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am going to test the Minister’s legal knowledge now—perhaps his hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff West or one of his officials can come in and save him. Is the Minister saying…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)I have some brief points to make on clauses 124 and 125 about the prohibition of sponsorship and the exceptions to it. Clearly, indirect advertising through sponsorship is a…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)I do not want to put words into the Minister’s mouth; I am sure he can respond to my hon. Friend when he gets up. I think there has been relative unanimity on the Committee.…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)The clause grants the Secretary of State the authority to regulate brand sharing related to tobacco products, vaping products, nicotine products, herbal smoking products and…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)I completely agree. It is essential that not only this clause and the regulations it will bring in, but all the clauses we have talked about—both those where regulations are…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)My hon. Friend and I agree on most areas of policy, but this is probably one on which we do not entirely see eye to eye. Another hon. Member asked me yesterday to mention the…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Mr Dowd. My understanding is that Government amendment 1 simply makes a correction to bring things into line, so I very…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eleventh sitting)Things haven’t got that bad yet.23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Twelfth sitting)I do not claim to have a medical qualification, but my guess would be that there is no difference between specialist and other forms of tobacco. One might even say—again, I am not…23 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)We are debating a number of clauses and the amendments to them. I will first touch on amendments 6 to 9 in the name of the hon. Member for Dartford. I completely understand where…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)Yes, absolutely. I think the shadow Minister is completely right. There is that point, in terms of potential fear—if that is the right word—for this person if they are not in a…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)That is a real risk of the amendments tabled by the hon. Member for Dartford. Essentially, we would be mandating the companies to show their competitors and potential new entrants…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)On a point of order, Mr Dowd. To be clear, my understanding is that at a new day, we have to stop. Does that mean that the sitting runs until midnight, or can we carry on after…21 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Tenth sitting)Further to that point of order, Mr Dowd. Generally, such things are agreed between the Whips, but it was not agreed on our side. I put back a counterproposal that I thought was…21 Jan 2025