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Health Bill

I do not want to keep the Committee long, but it seems that smokers are being treated as some of the worst criminals. That is most unfortunate bearing in mind that smoking is still legal in this country. Impositions are being placed on people who smoke which ought not—as I have said so many times before, but I will repeat—to be imposed in a free society. The Minister said that the fines were reached after consultation. With whom was that consultation? Was it consultation with, for example, ASH or the British Heart Foundation? Or did consultation take place with smokers’ organisations, such as FOREST? It would be interesting to know where the consultation was and whether there was any with people who smoke.