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Proceeding contribution from Mark Simmonds (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 9 February 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill on Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill [Money].


Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill [Money]

We, on the Conservative Benches, are supportive of the Bill, and we supported its contents on Second Reading. There is clear clinical evidence to support the banning of under-18s from using sunbeds, and we wish to see the Bill progress. As the Minister rightly said, the Committee stage is tomorrow. However, I have one query for the Minister about the money resolution. It is a query that I raised on Second Reading, but one that I did not get a response to. In the impact assessment, the annual cost of the implementation and enforcement of the Bill is estimated at £88,000—approximately £100,000—which is based on the questionable assumption that 5 per cent. of sunbed salons would continue to allow under-18s to use their sunbeds, and that that would be identified only through public complaint. Is the Minister confident that the detail in the impact assessment is correct? It does not appear to have been strongly or forensically analysed, and that figure could be a gross underestimate of the possible costs to local authorities. Will she therefore confirm that the total cost allowed under this money resolution is £88,000, as detailed in the impact assessment?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
505 c881 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Health Health hazards Young people Sunbeds
Legislation
Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill 2009-10
Link
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