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HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I want to come back to the point about advertising. Should the legislation bring tobacco advertising and vaping advertising into line so that the same standards are applied…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q But the testing kit would have to come through you? Dr Squire: It would depend on what it was defined as. I think we could be going into the medical device regulations. I am…01 May 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I have just one question, which is a particular concern of mine. Vapes are a delivery product for a liquid. I am concerned about the illicit market, which is now utilising vapes…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 (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 (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 (First sitting)Including where people can vape, yes. Deborah Arnott: To go to that one first, I think it is really important—the chief medical officer has said this too—to make the distinction…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q My question is for Greg Fell. The clarity and simplicity of knowing where you can smoke has meant that the universal principle of that bar has largely been applied, but it has…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q My big concern is the illicit trade around vapes. What further measures would be helpful in the legislation to enable you to do your job? Vapes are clearly a delivery mechanism.…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q But a vape product looks like a vape product, in all its various kinds. That is really what I am getting at. Kate Pike: If you have intelligence around a vape seller selling an…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q Public health messaging is most effective when it is simple. Should the restrictions on vaping being advertised on football shirts, for instance, be in line with those on…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)Q Again, the question is to Greg Fell. We know that there is a risk around a transition between vaping and smoking. I understand that a paper will soon be published on that in…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q Clearly, smoking is far more harmful than vaping, but research by UCL has shown that there are DNA methylation changes linked to carcinogens from vaping in the oral cavity,…30 Apr 2024HANSARDTobacco and Vapes Bill (First sitting)Q There is nothing magical about your 18th birthday, but the legislation clearly talks about 18 being a cut-off age. Would it assist if that age were heightened—for instance, it…30 Apr 2024HANSARDUK Armed Forces in Middle EastWhat discussions has the Minister had regarding UN security forces accompanying trucks to enable them to move into Gaza in the light of the impediments they are facing, and also…29 Apr 2024HANSARDAssisted DyingIt is a pleasure to follow the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, having also travelled to take evidence over the last 18 months and really engaged with everything…29 Apr 2024HANSARDSEND ProvisionThe inequality in the funding formula is driving inequality for children with SEN. In York, we are seeing not only the lack of placements that are needed, but staff being laid off…29 Apr 2024HANSARDSEND Provision11. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision.29 Apr 2024HANSARDLocal PlansYork has one of the worst housing crises in the country, yet we have not had a local plan to restrain developers for 68 years. Why has it taken this Tory Government more than 14…22 Apr 2024