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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)Wisdom!09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)I do not know the answer to that question, although I suspect that many such shops do not. Although I agree with my hon. Friend about the thrust of the Bill, something that does…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)On that point, will my hon. Friend give way?09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)My hon. Friend is making a very interesting point that I personally had not considered before. We need to know more from the Minister, and the point will potentially come up again…09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)Yes, under this clause.09 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)As a point of clarification, what the proposals in the Bill, and indeed the amendment, deal with is the selling of tobacco products, not the consumption. So when we are talking…09 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ12. First, we had a Chancellor who embellished her CV, then we had a Transport Secretary with a fraud conviction, and now we have an anti-corruption Minister who is being…08 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q Do you have any concerns about the impact of the Bill on vapes as a smoking cessation tool? As my hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham said, vaping in children…07 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Cancer Plan: Brain Tumours15. What steps he is taking to ensure that brain tumours are included in the national cancer plan.07 Jan 2025HANSARDNational Cancer Plan: Brain TumoursI thank the Minister for his answer, and for his googling of my background! Early detection is essential in ensuring that brain tumours do not fall further behind other cancers in…07 Jan 2025HANSARD NHS BacklogI accept that the pressure on the NHS went way beyond covid, as the hon. Gentleman will remember, but to use the Secretary of State’s term, covid was the point at which the NHS…06 Jan 2025HANSARD NHS BacklogI welcome this debate, although we have had a number of health debates over the past few sitting days that have crystallised the real problem that we see in the NHS. It is stark…06 Jan 2025HANSARD NHS BacklogWill the hon. Gentleman give way?06 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. It is always nice to get a cheer, Mr Speaker.As a former treasurer of the Oxford Union, I was disgusted that three weeks ago a debate descended into a mess of antisemitism,…18 Dec 2024HANSARDTourism Levy: JobsI thank the Secretary of State for her response, but has she assessed the regional impact of this levy? Although the impact can perhaps be levelled out and absorbed across the…11 Dec 2024HANSARDTourism Levy: Jobs3. What discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the potential impact of the proposed tourism levy on jobs in Wales.11 Dec 2024HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsIn August 2008, Alan Jermey brutally murdered Kirsty Wilson, strangling her and setting her body on fire while their two young daughters slept upstairs. He has now been…10 Dec 2024HANSARDEngagementsFollowing on from the question asked by the hon. Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman), in the Gallery today is Anne Puckridge, a world war two veteran and an intense…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsThe hon. Gentleman and I are members of the Health Committee, so I ask him this with all seriousness and genuineness. Does he not see the risk of this tax rise for GP surgeries,…04 Dec 2024HANSARD Employer National Insurance ContributionsThe hon. Lady made that point powerfully. I have spoken to a GP surgery in my constituency that will have to cut seven members of staff, including a GP, a nurse, a social…04 Dec 2024