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HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesThere will be officials at COP9. It is a very important meeting. The UK’s approach to e-cigarettes has been and always will be pragmatic and evidence-based. I am sure that will be…01 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I am looking forward to our debate in a couple of weeks’ time. As I mentioned earlier, the NHS already has measures in place through the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesThis Government are determined to level up, and as part of that we are levelling up for health, as well as some of the issues that the hon. Lady mentioned. Our Office for Health…01 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesMy hon. Friend tempts me to say that he is a great role model. Perhaps he should try e-cigarettes and then probably try stopping smoking completely. He can put that message out…01 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesI thank my right hon. Friend for the work he has done on this important issue. He is right that the MHRA’s expertise is recognised worldwide, so it is only right that it looks at…01 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesMy right hon. Friend makes a very good point. I promise I will engage with my opposite number in the Home Office to tackle the illicit import of cigarettes and other substances.01 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his question. Covid has been a stark reminder that our underlying health and lifestyle determine how resilient we are to new risks…01 Nov 2021HANSARDSmoking Cessation: Prescription of E-cigarettesThe hon. Gentleman is quite right that our goal is to help people to stop smoking completely. My heart goes out to him regarding the story about his mother. My father was a smoker…01 Nov 2021HANSARD Dame Carol Black’s Independent Review of Drugs ReportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I congratulate the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton (Dan Carden) on securing this extremely important debate. I…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Dame Carol Black’s Independent Review of Drugs ReportI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He is right that this is too important an issue to become partisan over, and I completely accept the offer from the Opposition…27 Oct 2021HANSARD Public Health Funding: BexleyMy right hon. Friend makes an important point. Obviously, nothing is ever static. We can look forward to having those discussions after the spending review. The Office for Health…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Public Health Funding: BexleyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford (Sir David Evennett) for raising the important…26 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021I thank the hon. Lady for her contribution, and I take on board some of her ideas. However, the Government have already taken on board some of those ideas and implemented them. I…25 Oct 2021HANSARDHealth Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021, (SI, 2021, No.…25 Oct 2021HANSARD Health Incentives SchemeI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. We have a common purpose: on both sides of the House, we are determined to tackle obesity. The measures that the Government have…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Health Incentives SchemeMy hon. Friend is exactly right. This is not stigmatising anybody. It is not about weight loss; it is about healthy choices and empowering individuals.22 Oct 2021HANSARD Health Incentives SchemeMy right hon. Friend will be aware that, as the previous chair of the all-party group on obesity, this issue has been close to my heart for many years. Over my years as a Member…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Health Incentives SchemeI am here today to talk about this pilot and how it will be taken forward, which is exciting news. This will be across the population to ensure that a mixture of people take part:…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Health Incentives SchemeI thank my hon. Friend for his question and his work on the taskforce. This is something I believe in and have been working on across my Department and the Department for…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Health Incentives SchemeI completely agree. A lot of the measures that have been put in place on the population side have resulted in reformulation by many manufacturers. That is so important. The soft…22 Oct 2021