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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Good afternoon to you both. You have explained to us the horrors and the multitude of harms that tobacco smoke can have on an adult who smokes. Can you explain a bit about the…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q To follow on from Andrea, most of the experts we have heard from to date have been from the NHS or the medical profession—people with skin in the game and promoting good health…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q So it is self-funded. Mr Lawson: I set the business up, yes.01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q And you work with trading standards in the local authority? Mr Lawson: We work with trading standards across England and Wales currently. Almost without exception all the…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I think a lot of people will be quite shocked at the statistics that you have just outlined to us on the profits big tobacco is making and the shocking tactics it uses to keep…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q When I was first involved in tobacco control over a decade ago, at the advent of vapes it was said, “This is shocking. It’s awful. It will keep that normalisation of smoking,…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)Q I thank the panellists for being here. I want to go back to clause 62 and the issue of vapes and flavouring. In the interest of brevity, would you say that if we ban all…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)Q I have seen a product that is just a plain bottle with “vape” and a number written on it, which is exactly the same flavour as the one that is clearly marketed to children with…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)Q This question is particularly for Professor Hawthorne. From your experience, can you tell us what impact smoking tobacco has on our most deprived communities? Professor…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Thanks to Ailsa for everything that Fresh does in the north-east and for the wonderful results we have seen in the north-east, which is a very deprived area in places. I want to…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)David, do you want to add anything? Cllr Fothergill: I think Greg summed that up perfectly.30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q This is a question for Greg. It would be useful for the Committee and for people watching to hear your view on the impact of smoking and tobacco on public health. Greg Fell: It…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Just a very quick question: would you agree that this is symptomatic of the throwaway society that we live in? We have disposable vapes, plastic toys with happy meals and…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)It was about the use of vapes by heavily dependent smokers. Ailsa Rutter: Yes. In the north-east, vapes have been a “game changer” for some of our heavily addicted smokers. I have…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q Following on from Bob’s question, you are in a position to educate young people about the harms of tobacco. Is there a point here about educating young people about the harms,…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q We have heard that this Bill covers tobacco and vaping, and we have talked quite a bit about the advertising and packaging of vapes. Do you think that we could go further in…30 Apr 2024HANSARDSt Leonard’s Catholic SchoolThe Department for Education has so far expressed indifference to the parents, pupils and teachers at St Leonard’s following the reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete crisis.…23 Apr 2024HANSARD Real-Time Bus Information: North-EastThis is such a hugely important debate. Bus services in the City of Durham are, quite frankly, ridiculous. To add insult to injury, the former buses Minister, who my hon. Friend…31 Jan 2024HANSARD Real-Time Bus Information: North-EastConstituents tell me that real-time data is a huge issue, making it impossible for them to accurately plan their journeys, whether for a very rare dental appointment or to get to…31 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the death toll rises in Gaza, so does the misery of women and girls in the occupied territories. I am increasingly concerned that aid is not getting to them. The United Nations…30 Jan 2024