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Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

That is a very helpful intervention because it gives me the opportunity to say thank you to my counterparts in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This is a genuinely four-nations Bill, and...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention, not least because of the expertise that he brings to the House as a clinician. We are well served by his expertise in debates on the health...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

The right hon. Member is right to make that distinction. As a stop-smoking tool, vaping has a part to play. For smokers, vaping is a better alternative—a route away from smoking. We do not...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

In that spirit, I will give way to the hon. Gentleman—and then to some of my hon. Friends.

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

We want to work in a genuinely collaborative and cross-party way, and I know that is true right across the House. As I look at the Opposition Benches, including Conservative Benches, I see...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

I must make progress, otherwise we will not hear from anyone else in this debate—and I think that it will be a debate. Taking action requires a reforming Government who are unafraid to take...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am afraid that one of my first experiences of death was watching my grandmother die a very long, slow, painful death from lung cancer as a result of a life...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

I am sure that the hon. Gentleman was not accusing me of misleading the House. The argument that he puts forward is used against all sorts of laws and prohibitions. Most people in this country...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

I will certainly come on to the action that we are taking on vaping, and the case for it. I welcome the contribution that my hon. Friend has made in his first few months as a Member of this...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

I will just respond to the point made by the hon. Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell). There is no liberty in addiction; there is no freedom in addiction. The logical extension of the...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

I am grateful for the intervention, because I anticipate that there will be similar arguments made from the Opposition Benches, particularly from a right-wing libertarian perspective. I want to...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

I recognise that there are people who have the freedom and the liberty to smoke today, the vast majority of whom, by the way, want to stop and struggle to do so. That is why we are announcing...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

I give way to the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee.

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am really proud of the impact that the last Labour Government made in reducing smoking harms and the prevalence of smoking in our country. That brings me on...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

I was going to address that point later in my speech, but let me address it now. It is not often that a Government comment on leaks or welcome the events following a leak; I do not want to...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

I can not only imagine it, but I recently experienced a similar situation. There I was in Barkingside Sainsbury’s one evening, only weeks ago, buying a bottle of wine to have with dinner...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. Today, across the UK, 350 young people aged 25 and under will take up smoking. It is a decision that the vast majority will later regret....

Consultation on proposals to regulate NHS managers

Department of Health and Social Care

Written Ministerial Statements

Ensuring strong and accountable NHS leadership will be critical to fixing a broken NHS and delivering our Health Mission. We know the important role that high quality leadership plays in...

Independent Review of the Physician and Anaesthesia Associate Professions

Department of Health and Social Care

Written Ministerial Statements

The Government has commissioned Professor Gillian Leng CBE to lead an independent review into the Physician and Anaesthesia Associate professions. This will consider how they are currently used...

Topical Questions

Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting made a speech in the House of Commons

As my hon. Friend the Minister for Secondary Care said, the wait for women with common conditions such as endometriosis is far too long. That is why we are taking steps to cut waiting times and...