Health and Care Bill — New Clause 4 — Packaging and Labelling of Nicotine Products — 22 Nov 2021 at 18:45
The majority of MPs voted against giving ministers powers to regulate the packaging and labelling of electronic cigarettes and other novel nicotine products including by requiring health warnings and prohibition of branding elements attractive to children.
MPs were considering the Bill[1][2][3]
The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was titled: Packaging and labelling of nicotine products and stated:
- “The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the retail packaging and labelling of electronic cigarettes and other novel nicotine products including requirements for health warnings and prohibition of branding elements attractive to children.”
The rejected new clause was accompanied by the following explanatory statement from its proposer:
- This new clause would give powers to the Secretary of State to prohibit branding on e-cigarette packaging which is appealing to children.
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- [1] Parliament's webpage on the Health and Care Bill, Parliament.uk
- [2] Health and Care Bill as introduced on 6 July 2021, Parliament.uk
- [3] Explanatory notes to the Health and Care Bill as introduced on 6 July 2021, Parliament.uk
Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.
| Party | Majority (No) | Minority (Aye) | Both | Turnout |
| Alba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| Alliance | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Con | 295 (+2 tell) | 3 | 0 | 83.1% |
| DUP | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25.0% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Independent | 1 | 4 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 0 | 171 (+2 tell) | 0 | 86.9% |
| LDem | 0 | 10 | 0 | 83.3% |
| PC | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100.0% |
| SDLP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50.0% |
| SNP | 0 | 33 | 0 | 73.3% |
| Total: | 296 | 230 | 0 | 82.9% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division
Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote
| Name | Constituency | Party | Vote |
| Bob Blackman | Harrow East | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Philip Hollobone | Kettering | Con (front bench) | aye |
| Daniel Poulter | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | whilst Con (front bench) | aye |