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HANSARDPensions (Special Rules for End of Life) BillI wish to begin also by thanking the hon. Member for Tewkesbury (Mr Robertson) for introducing this important Bill. It is a pleasure to speak on Third Reading. Pensions offer…17 May 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillMy right hon. Friend is making a very excellent speech. She asked me for my favourite watering hole in my constituency. I think it is only fair, surely, that she names one pub…17 May 2024HANSARD Hajj FraudI am proud to represent nearly 15,000 Muslims as their MP in Parliament. The all-party parliamentary group on British Muslims recently informed me that my constituency has the…17 May 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillI congratulate the hon. Member for South Shields (Mrs Lewell-Buck) on the success of her private Member’s Bill, and I am delighted to join colleagues from across the House in…17 May 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillI absolutely accept that point. I just want to take the opportunity to ensure we do not forget that, in my constituency in central London, we have a massive and vital hospitality…17 May 2024HANSARD Licensing Hours Extensions BillThere have actually been far too many to be able to name them. As my right hon. Friend says, there are so many amazing venues in my constituency. I think that, at my last count,…17 May 2024HANSARD Space Industry (Indemnities) BillI congratulate my hon. Friend on Third Reading of his Bill, which will make a huge difference to the space industry. Does he agree that it is imperative, as we move through the…17 May 2024HANSARDPrayersI beg to move, That the House sit in private. Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163).17 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)I fully support what the hon. Member for East Renfrewshire says about sports marketing and vape companies. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North…14 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Mr Mitchell? Tim Mitchell: I have nothing more to add.01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Excellent.01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)Q I want to go back to the vapes point. As we have all agreed and you have highlighted, vaping was, for all intents and purposes, a product to help people off tobacco, but it has…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)Yes, rather than having them sold as they are at the moment. Professor Hawthorne: That is an interesting question. I prescribe nicotine patches; why should I not prescribe vapes?…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)Q Vapes—or e-cigarettes, whatever you want to call them—were introduced to help people to stop smoking. Professor Hawthorne, I would be particularly interested in your view on…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I absolutely accept what you both have said about wanting to get the Bill through as quickly as possible with no amendments. However, is there anything in the Bill that you…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Are they the ones that you put on your gums? Professor Ford: Yes, it is a little white pouch. You put it underneath your lip and leave it there for up to an hour. For some of…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q I have a question for Mr Fell. Obviously the Bill will cover shisha, so I would welcome your views on shisha smoking and whether there is more we can do within the Bill or in…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q If there was one thing you could add to this Bill, what would it be? Ailsa Rutter: Gosh! There are already some fantastic elements in the Bill. The key thing for me is to make…30 Apr 2024HANSARDHigh Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) BillThe hon. Lady is right, and what she says relates to an important point about the regeneration of our high streets. We have to have people around high streets to use them and to…26 Apr 2024HANSARD Paternity Leave (Bereavement) BillMy hon. Friend is making a good point about the private Members’ Bills that have been coming through the House to help with employment rights in the workplace. He will recall that…26 Apr 2024