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HANSARDEngagementsQ12. Today marks 467 days in captivity for Avinatan Or, just one of the more than 100 hostages that Hamas still cruelly hold. Avinatan is my age and has his whole life ahead of…15 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I do not think I can talk to that point, but I thank the hon. Gentleman for making it. We have to find a balance. The Government can use their majority in the House to cast aside…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I mean the former: nicotine patches and gum. The stated intention of the Bill, supported by the House on Second Reading, is to move to a smokefree generation, so it would seem…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I do not think that nicotine products are attractive to children in any way, shape or form today. My concern is that, as the Government are seeking to stop children using them by…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)At first sight, the clause can appear to follow on naturally from the rest of the Bill, and in some sense it does, but I think it is important. We heard from shopkeepers in the…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)That is exactly the kind of situation I am thinking of. The language could be a bit more practical, less legal and it might aid that shopkeeper to point to an external source for…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)Further to that point of order, Mr Dowd. I would like the chance to put my No on record, so I would appreciate a Division.14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I supported clauses 10 and 11 because I agree with the Government that under no circumstances should children be taking up vaping. I was heartened by the Minister’s comments on…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)I do not intend to go over the scope of the clause in great detail, because I think the principles largely flow form the principles of clause 1, but I will pick up on the…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)Perhaps it is an added thing that doctors in mental healthcare can try to address, but my hon. Friend the Member for South Northamptonshire read out a letter from someone at the…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention and I agree with everything she has just said. I will just finish my remarks to my hon. Friend the shadow Minister. She talked about…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I had not heard that remark, but I thank my hon. Friend for putting it on the record. To add to that theme, I would make the point that these things are multifaceted. The point…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)It will not surprise my hon. Friend that I do not agree with him. The last thing we need is more people going through our GP surgeries. We should allow legitimate use of these…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)I believe that is the case, and it is something I did not know before today. My questions were along the lines of: is this not just paper, and, if so, why is it excluded in some…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)The nub of clause 3 is age verification. The reason the Minister and the Government do not want tobacco vending machines in operation is not that they do not want convenience for…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I take the shadow Minister’s point, but I think the Minister said in summing up the clause 10 stand part debate that while vaping potentially was not harm-free, given its harm…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I commend the Minister on making the evidence-based point about the difference between a smoke-free generation and a nicotine-free generation. Does he agree—I think he does, given…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I suggest to my hon. Friend that advertising a vape with Mickey Mouse is obviously aimed at a child, but it would be very much aimed at an adult, and not attractive to a child at…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I disagree with the Government on some of the clauses dealing with vaping, but I will come to those later, when it is more appropriate. I agree with what the Government are trying…14 Jan 2025HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)Certainly in my experience, the only reason people sell unpackaged cigarettes is to make them cheaper for schoolchildren, so I find it strange that subsection (2) states that the…14 Jan 2025