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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q I want to ask about the information that is given to parents, especially if their children have never smoked but have taken up vaping. We know that a generation of children is…30 Apr 2024HANSARD Preventable Sight LossIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Mark. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral West (Margaret Greenwood) on securing the debate. She is a fierce…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q You will have seen on Second Reading that there is almost universal agreement on the basic point that smoking is bad, and that we want to see smoking rates come down and to have…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Do you want me to ask the second question now as well?30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)My second question is on the point that Sheila raised. Clause 61 gives the Secretary of State powers to regulate on packaging, vaping or nicotine products. Clause 62 makes…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Chair, and I thank the witnesses for giving evidence today. First, is under-age smoking or vaping the bigger issue in schools today, and what is the impact on…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q You will know that the Government have a clear target to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy between the highest and lowest areas in the next five years. Do you think that…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q I think the Minister was referring to vapes and the evidence based around the impact on growing lungs and hearts. Is there anything you would like to say about that before we…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q Welcome, Paul. It is good to have you here. My first question is simple and straightforward: what is Age UK’s view on the Bill? My second question is this. I know that over-65s…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q 36 Effective enforcement will be key to the success of part 1 of the Bill, yet some local authorities tell me that they do not have even a single full-time trading standards…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q In what circumstances do you envision that local enforcement would not be enough and the Secretary of State would need to use the powers to intervene granted to her by the Bill?…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Why do you support the complete ban as opposed to raising the age from 18 to 21, as many people often say? I know the Khan review has talked about not getting to a smoke-free…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q My first question to you is, what is the impact of tobacco smoking on public health? Secondly, do you think the Bill’s measures to prevent vaping products from being sold to…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q As you know, as well as introducing the £100 fixed penalty notice, the Bill grants new powers to trading standards to make restricted premises orders and restricted sale orders.…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Hello Adrian. I know that ASH has done some surveys that show that the majority of small retailers are in support of age-of-sale legislation, and I know that the Association of…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Is there anything you want to say on the age-of-sale verification process? Adrian Simpson: In the large retail sector, we have worked on things such as Challenge 25 for many…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q What conversations has the British Retail Consortium had with local authorities? They have a lot of data locally on the amount of illicit vapes or illicit tobacco being sold.…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Can you talk a little bit about your work on illicit vapes and tobacco, and talk us through how trading standards works and how you share information between the Medicines and…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q The Bill will ban the sale, rather than the import, of illicit vape products. Is that the right approach? Kate Pike: The Bill gives enabling regulations to ensure that vape…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Finally from me, in your response to the Government’s “Creating a smokefree generation” consultation, you called for a fixed penalty notice of £200 and maybe the option of…30 Apr 2024