Children and Families Bill — Offence of Smoking in a Private Vehicle When a Child or Children Are Present — 29 Jan 2014 at 18:24

The majority of Lords voted to make it clearer to ministers that they have the power to introduce a new offence of smoking in a private vehicle when a child or children are present.

The text of new clause approved in the vote was:

  • Before Clause 80, insert the following new Clause—
  • “Protection of Children’s health: offence of smoking in a private vehicle
  • The Secretary of State may bring forward regulations making it an offence for any person who drives a private vehicle to fail to prevent smoking in the vehicle when a child or children are present.”

At the time of the vote Section 5 of the Health Act 2006[1] already gave ministers powers to require vehicles to be smoke free, and permitted them to describe which vehicles, in which circumstances, and in which areas any such law applies to and to make exemptions.

This vote took place as the House of Lords was debating the Children and Families Bill 2012-13 to 2013-14[2]

Following this vote the Government proposed their own amendment to the new clause. Frederick Curzon[3] (styled "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Quality Earl Howe"[4]) explained why a new version of the clause was required, saying:[5]

  • While the amendment is clear in its intention, it does not address key considerations such as enforcement, offences, penalties or territorial applicability. We have a responsibility, to be sure, that any amendment that makes its way on to the statute book could work in practice. I have therefore tabled, with the support of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, and my noble friend Lord Ribeiro an alternative amendment that could better deliver in practice the principle that your Lordships voted for at Report.

The replacement clause was approved by the House of Lords without a vote[6].

MPs in the House of Commons are due to consider if they agree with the clause approved by the Lords on Monday the 10th of February 2014[7].

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Lord Brennan Labaye
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Lord Williams of BaglanLabaye
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Lord Winston Lab (minister)aye
Lord Wood of AnfieldLab (minister)aye
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The Earl of ArranConno
Lord Astor of HeverCon (front bench)no
Earl Attlee Con (front bench)no
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Lord Bates Con (front bench)no
Baroness Berridge Con (front bench)no
Lord Bew Crossbenchno
Lord Black of BrentwoodCon (front bench)no
Lord Blencathra Con (front bench)no
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Lord Bourne of AberystwythConno
Lord Brabazon of TaraConno
Lord Bradshaw LDemno
Viscount Bridgeman Conno
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Baroness Browning Con (front bench)no
Baroness Buscombe Con (front bench)no
Baroness Butler-Sloss Crossbench (front bench)no
The Earl of CaithnessConno
Lord Carrington of FulhamConno
Earl Cathcart Conno
Lord Chidgey LDemno
Viscount Colville of CulrossCrossbenchno
Lord Colwyn Con (front bench)no
Lord Condon Crossbenchno
Lord Cope of BerkeleyCon (front bench)no
Lord Cormack Con (front bench)no
The Earl of CourtownConno
Lord Craig of RadleyCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Crathorne Con (front bench)no
Lord Crickhowell Con (front bench)no
Baroness Cumberlege Conno
Lord de Mauley Con (front bench)no
Lord Dear Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Deighton Con (front bench)no
Lord Denham Conno
Lord Dixon-Smith Con (front bench)no
Lord Dobbs Conno
Baroness Doocey LDem (front bench)no
Lord Dykes LDemno
Baroness Eaton Conno
Viscount Eccles Conno
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Baroness Falkner of MargravineLDem (front bench)no
Lord Faulks Con (front bench)no
Lord Fink Conno
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Lord Flight Conno
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Lord Forsyth of DrumleanCon (front bench)no
Lord Fowler Conno
Lord Framlingham Conno
Lord Freeman Conno
Lord Freud Con (front bench)no
Baroness Garden of FrognalLDemno
Lord Gardiner of KimbleCon (front bench)no
Lord Geddes Con (front bench)no
Lord Glenarthur Con (front bench)no
Lord Glentoran Conno
Lord Gold Conno
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Baroness Golding Labno
Lord Goodlad Con (front bench)no
Viscount Goschen Conno
Lord Green of HurstpierpointConno
Lord Greenway Crossbenchno
Lord Griffiths of FforestfachCon (front bench)no
Lord Hamilton of EpsomConno
Baroness Heyhoe Flint Conno
Lord Higgins Con (front bench)no
Lord Hill of OarefordCon (front bench)no
Baroness Hodgson of AbingerConno
Lord Hodgson of Astley AbbottsCon (front bench)no
The Earl of HomeConno
Baroness Hooper Con (front bench)no
Lord Horam Con (front bench)no
Lord Howard of LympneConno
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Lord Howe of AberavonConno
Lord Howell of GuildfordCon (front bench)no
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Lord Hunt of WirralConno
Lord Hussain LDemno
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Lord Inglewood Con (front bench)no
Lord James of BlackheathConno
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Lord Jenkin of RodingConno
Baroness Jolly LDem (front bench)no
Lord Jones of CheltenhamLDemno
Lord Kalms Conno
Lord King of BridgwaterCon (front bench)no
Lord Kirkham Conno
Baroness Knight of CollingtreeConno
Lord Laming Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Lane-Fox of SohoCrossbenchno
Lord Lang of MonktonCon (front bench)no
Lord Lawson of BlabyCon (front bench)no
Lord Leigh of HurleyCon (front bench)no
Lord Lester of Herne HillLDem (front bench)no
Lord Lexden Con (front bench)no
The Earl of LindsayConno
The Earl of LiverpoolConno
Lord Livingston of ParkheadCon (front bench)no
The Marquess of LothianConno
Lord Luce Crossbenchno
Lord Luke Con (front bench)no
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Lord Marlesford Con (front bench)no
Lord Mayhew of TwysdenCon (front bench)no
Lord McColl of DulwichCon (front bench)no
Lord McNally LDemno
The Duke of MontroseConno
Lord Moore of Lower MarshConno
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Lord Moynihan Conno
Lord Naseby Con (front bench)no
Lord Nash Con (front bench)no
Baroness Neville-Jones Con (front bench)no
Lord Newby LDem (front bench)tellno
Lord Northbrook Conno
Baroness Northover LDem (front bench)no
Lord Norton of LouthCon (front bench)no
Baroness O'Cathain Con (front bench)no
Lord Palmer Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Palmer of Childs HillLDem (front bench)no
Lord Palumbo Conno
Lord Pannick Crossbenchno
Lord Patel Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Patten Conno
Lord Pearson of RannochUKIPno
Baroness Perry of SouthwarkCon (front bench)no
Lord Phillips of SudburyLDemno
Lord Popat Con (front bench)no
Lord Purvis of TweedLDemno
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Baroness Randerson LDem (front bench)no
Baroness Rawlings Con (front bench)no
Lord Risby Conno
Lord Roper LDem (front bench)no
Lord Rowe-Beddoe Crossbench (front bench)no
Lord Ryder of WensumConno
Lord Sanderson of BowdenConno
The Earl of SandwichCrossbench (front bench)no
Lord Sassoon Conno
Baroness Scott of Needham MarketLDem (front bench)no
Baroness Seccombe Con (front bench)no
The Earl of SelborneCon (front bench)no
Lord Selkirk of DouglasCon (front bench)no
Lord Selsdon Conno
Baroness Shackleton of BelgraviaConno
Lord Sharkey LDemno
Baroness Sharples Conno
Lord Sheikh Conno
Baroness Shephard of NorthwoldCon (front bench)no
Lord Sherbourne of DidsburyConno
The Earl of ShrewsburyConno
Lord Skelmersdale Con (front bench)no
Lord Skidelsky Crossbench (front bench)no
Viscount Slim Crossbenchno
Lord Spicer Conno
Baroness Stedman-Scott Con (front bench)no
Lord Stevens of KirkwhelpingtonCrossbenchno
Lord Stewartby Con (front bench)no
Lord Stoddart of SwindonIndependent Labourno
Lord Stoneham of DroxfordLDemno
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Lord Taylor of Goss MoorLDemno
Lord Taylor of HolbeachCon (front bench)no
Lord Thomas of SwynnertonCrossbenchno
Lord Trefgarne Con (front bench)no
Lord Trimble Con (front bench)no
Lord Tyler LDemno
Viscount Ullswater Con (front bench)no
Lord Verjee LDemno
Baroness Verma Con (front bench)no
Lord Wakeham Con (front bench)no
Lord Wallace of SaltaireLDem (front bench)no
Lord Wallace of TankernessLDem (front bench)no
Lord Walpole Crossbench (front bench)no
Baroness Warnock Crossbenchno
Baroness Warsi Con (front bench)no
Lord Wasserman Conno
Lord Wei Conno
Lord Whitby Conno
Baroness Wilcox Conno
Baroness Williams of TraffordConno
Lord Willis of KnaresboroughLDem (front bench)no
Viscount Younger of LeckieCon (front bench)no

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