Health and Social Care

Tuesday 30th April 2024 Written Corrections

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

The following extract is from Second Reading of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill on 16 April 2024.

[Dame Andrea Leadsom]

There is also a strong economic case for the Bill. Every year, smoking costs our country at least £17 billion, far more than the £10 billion of tax revenue that it draws in. It costs our NHS and social care system £3 billion every year, with someone admitted to hospital with a smoking-related illness almost every minute of every day, and 75,000 GP appointments every week for smoking-related problems.

[Official Report, 16 April 2024; Vol. 748, c. 265.]

Written correction submitted by the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire (Dame Andrea Leadsom):

[Dame Andrea Leadsom]

There is also a strong economic case for the Bill. Every year, smoking costs our country at least £17 billion, far more than the £10 billion of tax revenue that it draws in. It costs our NHS and social care system £3 billion every year, with someone admitted to hospital with a smoking-related illness almost every minute of every day, and 75,000 GP appointments every month for smoking-related problems.