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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Billrose—16 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillHas my right hon. Friend seen the latest statistics that say twice as many schoolchildren smoke cannabis as smoke tobacco? It is already illegal—for all of us, not just…16 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI will resist the hon. Gentleman’s offer. He has just said that vaping should only ever be used to help people to stop smoking cigarettes. If this Bill passes, it will be illegal…16 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillOn the issue of unity, does the hon. Gentleman agree with the comment made by his colleague the hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell) that if we bring in a progressive…16 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Billrose —16 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI start my speech by saying that there are some good parts of this Bill. The banning of disposable vapes and preventing children from starting smoking or vaping is something that…16 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillMy hon. Friend is quite right. That is the legal position under the law in this country if we have capacity, no matter how bad the decisions we make. Constituents have contacted…16 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillI will not. I have given way once and want to stick to my time. I will not support the Bill, because I believe in freedom. My second point is about mandate. The Prime Minister…16 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes BillBefore my right hon. Friend gets too furious about vaping, may I ask her to clarify two points on smoking? First, she said that because of the addictive nature of nicotine, it is…16 Apr 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseCan we have a debate about the application of the Local Government Act 1972? Rob Huntingdon, the chief executive of Rossendale Borough Council, is seeking to use it to prevent the…21 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn July 2019, the Minister’s Department issued new guidance effectively outlawing gagging clauses across Government Departments. Does the Department have any plans to extend that…29 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseThank you, Mr Speaker, for hosting a dinner for OnSide in your apartments this week. That made me think that it is high time that we had a debate in this House about the…29 Feb 2024HANSARDMulti-sport Grassroots FacilitiesDoes the Secretary of State accept that grassroots sports can play a hugely important part in levelling up? As part of Darwen’s £120 million town deal, we have invested in our…22 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseDoes my right hon. Friend agree that it is hard for market towns to thrive without an open bank? That is why I hope she will join me in congratulating the people and businesses in…22 Feb 2024HANSARDBus ServicesWould the Minister be as surprised as I was to learn that, of the £3.722 million long-term BSIP Government cash given to Blackburn with Darwen Council, only £180,000—less than 5%…08 Feb 2024HANSARD Business of the HouseCould we want for any better evidence that the mandate for the covid inquiry is already out of date than hearing that the evidence of serving and former Cabinet Ministers, and of…25 Jan 2024HANSARDSEND Provision and FundingWhat a pleasure and privilege it is to have the opportunity to speak today. I thank the Backbench Business Committee and my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden…11 Jan 2024HANSARDPupils with SEN and DisabilitiesWill the Secretary of State join me in thanking Julie Nixon, head of the Spectrum of Light charity in Rossendale and Darwen, for the work she did on Saturday by bringing together…11 Dec 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI am delighted to inform the House that, after 50 years, the crown jewels of Darwen—our freeman’s casket and our mace—will be returned from Blackburn to the Darwen Heritage…23 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and PalestineOne of the appalling hallmarks of the terrorist attack by Hamas on the state of Israel has been hostage taking, and we are now seeing hostage taking increasingly being used in…24 Oct 2023