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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I do not know whether the Minister is aware that the strength of the nicotine in these products is excessively high—much higher than in other products—and so they rapidly bring…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member for that, and I agree that we want to be able to adapt as soon as the market does, but right now the industry is promoting nicotine pouches and we…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady for the point she made. Certainly, I did highlight that transitional benefit of moving from smoking to vaping to, hopefully, stopping altogether.…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)I am really grateful to the Minister for the work that she is doing in this area, but clearly, for vaping, there is not equality with smoking in terms of an advertising ban. For…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dame Siobhan. Let me open by welcoming the Bill. I think the Government have taken a brave and bold step in introducing such a…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)I, too, welcome the fact that legislation is at last being supported by the Government and is before us today. I have deep concern about the impacts of vaping—and not just on…09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fifth sitting)rose—09 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)I think the Minister is making slightly the wrong comparison. A retail outlet will have a till, and that till will have money in it. Therefore, it will be the business, not the…09 May 2024HANSARD Local Government Officials: BullyingI am really grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for bringing forward this debate. I have a long-term interest in looking at workplace bullying across the piece and am bringing…09 May 2024HANSARD Free School MealsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Betts. We have heard how 900,000 children from low-income families are not in receipt of free school meals and about the…07 May 2024HANSARD Free School MealsMy hon. Friend knows so much about this subject and could not make a more powerful point. We need all young people who have hungry stomachs to be able to engage, and taking away…07 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Are we missing an opportunity to create a nicotine-free generation, alongside a smoke-free generation? We heard earlier that GPs were not able to prescribe vapes. Would that…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q It will rise in line with the smoke-free generation. These would be people who are non-smokers, because they would be children born after 1 January 2009. Professor Agrawal: Oh,…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)It was about a nicotine-free generation. Professor Agrawal: Because people are addicted to nicotine, often at an early age, they find it impossible not to have some nicotine. The…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you to all the CMOs. I would like to press that point a little further. Should the advertising of vapes be in alignment with that of tobacco products, for simplicity and…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)About prescribing. Professor Agrawal: Prescription, yes. That might be a helpful adjunct, inasmuch as it would give healthcare professionals safety in the knowledge that a product…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)Q We have already heard how addictive nicotine is, but do we have an understanding of the dosage of nicotine that people inhale through vaping versus through smoking? Secondly,…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)Q As you have just set out, we understand the harmful impact of tobacco, but I want to look at vaping. Is there any evidence of the impact on individuals who vape, or of a…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I want to follow on from that theme on advertising and to take your opinion about advertising, promotion and sponsorship. We have seen the vaping industry very much following…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q They are on football shirts. When we pressed a company that came to our Select Committee, they said, “This is a public health message.” They did not have “do not smoke” on the…01 May 2024