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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 14 May 2024
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)

"I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

I am channelling my hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham and her passionate work as a consultant paediatrician or, as she would say, the children’s doctor in the House. I regard her experience highly. As …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 14 May 2024
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)

"I welcome that intervention, but we cannot ignore the trebling of the number of 11 to 17-year-olds who are starting to vape. However much the Minister says that people who are not smoking should not vape, and that no children should be vaping, that is not the reality in the …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 14 May 2024
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)

"My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. That is really what I am calling for, although it does not detract from the need to prevent the normalisation of vaping. However, I repeat the request for more in-depth research into the impacts of vaping and nicotine addiction on children...."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 14 May 2024
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)

"There could be no better Minister to convince me of her concern for babies, children and young people. On that basis, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion.

Clause, by leave, withdrawn...."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 14 May 2024
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)

"May I seek clarity that the font would be included in the category of appearance, because I have certainly seen some vaping products advertising lemon flavour and the font appears in a very stylised way that I would suggest is aimed at young children?..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 01 May 2024
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)

"Q Bearing in mind what the Chair just said about being brief, can the panel explain the stages of addiction—the physiological, psychological, biological impacts of addiction—and perhaps comment on the frequently heard statement that this is a free country, people should have choice and then use discipline?

Professor Sir …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 01 May 2024
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)

"Q It was more about the biological impact—how nicotine affects your body and makes it so very difficult to give up and be disciplined. It was about the biological impacts that nicotine has on the body, or the psychological impacts.

Sir Francis Atherton: As with any addictive substance, when …..."

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Wed 01 May 2024
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Third sitting)

"Q Thank you both for powerfully and poignantly outlining the preventable impacts of smoking-related disease and illness on adults. I want to ask about pregnant women. In Cumbria, 12.3% of women at the point of giving birth say that they are smoking. Given the evidence-based proof, why is that …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)

"Q Thank you, Ailsa, for all the work that you do up north in the north-east. I represent the north-west, Cumbria, which also has higher than national average rates of mothers saying that they are smoking at the point of birth—about 12.3%. I am told by our authority in …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 30 Apr 2024
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Second sitting)

"Q You are both very effectively articulating the complexity of your programme of work within trading standards, but 2027 seems like a terribly long timeframe. Given what we know about nicotine addiction and the outcomes, is it the right timeframe, and what will you need to be doing in …..."
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