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Health Bill

I wonder whether I have understood the Minister’s remarks correctly. A delivery van will be smoke-free if used by more than one person at any time on the ground that the second person would be at risk from second-hand smoke. So if the van was driven by person A in the morning and he knew that person B was going to drive it in the afternoon, he would not be allowed to smoke. It does not seem to me that the Minister has dealt with the very valid point made by the noble Earl, Lord Howe, that there is, at that point, no danger of second-hand smoke. There is a bad smell, and that may be disturbing, but it is not a public health hazard. So how, under those circumstances, can that proposal be justified?