Tobacco and Vapes Bill — 26 Nov 2024 at 18:27

“if you do not care who gets the credit.”
“As Prime Minister I have an obligation to do what I think is the right thing for our country in the long term. And as Conservatives, we have never shirked that responsibility.”
“We have always been at the front of society, leading it-”
“And when we have the tools at our disposal…to do for our children what we all, in our heart of hearts, know is right, we must act, we must lead…we must put the next generation first.”
“Under Section 4 of the 2006 Act, the Secretary of State could make regulations to designate additional places as smoke-free provided that they were of the opinion that there was a significant risk persons present in such a place would be exposed to significant quantities of smoke without a smoke-free designation…Section 5 of the 2006 Act gave the Secretary of State powers to make regulations for vehicles to be smoke-free.”
“Clause 136 amends the existing power in section 4 of the 2006 Act by omitting the risk condition.”
“A more restrictive licensing scheme would be expected to have a greater impact on public health and a greater economic impact on businesses.”
“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world…I’ve done it thousands of times.”
“Vaping is an adult quitting aid, not a children’s toy.”
“If you smoke, vaping is much safer; if you don’t smoke, don’t vape; marketing vapes to children is utterly unacceptable.”
“any arguments put forward about personal choice or personal freedom make no sense at all when we are talking about children and a highly addictive substance. Smoking is not a free choice; it is an addiction.”-[Official Report, 16 April 2024; Vol. 748, c. 208.]
“Member States may not…prohibit or restrict the placing on the market of tobacco or related products”.
“The ministry…therefore considers that a ban on the sale of tobacco and nicotine products to people born in 2010 or later would require an amendment to the European Tobacco Products Directive”.
“without further action, England will miss the smokefree 2030 target by at least 7 years”,
“commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry”.

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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.

PartyMajority (Aye)Minority (No)BothTurnout
Con23 35 (+2 tell)049.6%
DUP2 0040.0%
Green4 00100.0%
Independent6 0085.7%
Lab326 (+2 tell) 0080.0%
LDem38 7062.5%
PC4 00100.0%
Reform UK0 4080.0%
SDLP2 00100.0%
SNP7 0077.8%
Traditional Unionist Voice1 00100.0%
UUP1 00100.0%
Total:414 46072.4%

Rebel Voters - sorted by vote

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

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NameConstituencyPartyVote
Victoria AtkinsLouth and HorncastleCon (front bench)aye
Bob BlackmanHarrow EastCon (front bench)aye
Geoffrey Clifton-BrownNorth CotswoldsCon (front bench)aye
Mims DaviesEast Grinstead and UckfieldCon (front bench)aye
Peter FortuneBromley and Biggin HillCon (front bench)aye
John GlenSalisburyCon (front bench)aye
Helen GrantMaidstone and MallingConaye
Damian HindsEast HampshireCon (front bench)aye
Simon HoareNorth DorsetCon (front bench)aye
Dr Caroline JohnsonSleaford and North HykehamCon (front bench)aye
Alicia KearnsRutland and StamfordCon (front bench)aye
Julian LewisNew Forest EastConaye
Jerome MayhewBroadland and FakenhamCon (front bench)aye
Andrew MurrisonSouth West WiltshireConaye
Shivani RajaLeicester EastConaye
Joe RobertsonIsle of Wight EastCon (front bench)aye
Neil Shastri-HurstSolihull West and ShirleyCon (front bench)aye
David SimmondsRuislip, Northwood and PinnerCon (front bench)aye
Ben SpencerRunnymede and WeybridgeCon (front bench)aye
Mel StrideCentral DevonCon (front bench)aye
Martin VickersBrigg and ImminghamConaye
Gavin WilliamsonStone, Great Wyrley and PenkridgeConaye
Mike WoodKingswinford and South StaffordshireCon (front bench)aye
Gideon AmosTaunton and WellingtonLDem (front bench)no
Josh BabarindeEastbourneLDem (front bench)no
Bobby DeanCarshalton and WallingtonLDemno
Tim FarronWestmorland and LonsdaleLDem (front bench)no
Will ForsterWokingLDemno
Rachel GilmourTiverton and MineheadLDemno
Charlie MaynardWitneyLDem (front bench)no

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