To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what formal intergovernmental mechanisms are in place to coordinate enforcement of the vaping product registration and testing regime across the four nations of the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what formal intergovernmental mechanisms are in place to coordinate enforcement of the vaping product registration and testing regime across the four nations of the United Kingdom.

New clauses considered. New clause 1 agreed to. New clause 2 negatived on division (4 to 11). New clause 3 negatived on division (4 to 11). New clause 4 negatived on division (4 to 10). New clause 5 negatived on division (4 to 10). New clause 6 negatived on division (5 to 10). New clause 7 negatived on division (5 to 10). New clause 8 negatived on division (1 to 9). New clause 9 negatived on division (1 to 10). New clause 10 negatived on division (1 to 10). New clause 11 negatived on division (1 to 10). New clause 13 negatived on division (5 to 10). Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 245). Written evidence reported to the House.

New clauses considered. New clause 1 agreed to. New clause 2 negatived on division (4 to 11). New clause 3 negatived on division (4 to 11). New clause 4 negatived on division (4 to 10). New clause 5 negatived on division (4 to 10). New clause 6 negatived on division...

Clauses 75 to 78 agreed to. Clause 79, discussed with an amendment and new clause 6 (Age verification policy), agreed to. Clauses 80 and 81 agreed to. New clause 2 (Tobacco products statutory scheme: consultation) debated and withdrawn. New clause 3 (Notification fees) debated and withdrawn. New clause 7 (Retail licence for sale of tobacco, vaping and nicotine products), discussed with new clause 8 (Sale of tobacco, vaping and nicotine products), debated and withdrawn.New clause 9 (Prohibition of sponsorship: vaping substances containing nicotine), debated and withdrawn. New clause 11 (Testing of samples of nicotine-containing e-cigarette products), discussed with new clause 13 (Report on the powers of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: vaping and nicotine products), negatived on division (6 votes to 9). New clause 14 (Application of the Part I of the Health Act 2006 to vaping), debated and withdrawn. Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 220). Written evidence reported to the House.

Clauses 75 to 78 agreed to. Clause 79, discussed with an amendment and new clause 6 (Age verification policy), agreed to. Clauses 80 and 81 agreed to. New clause 2 (Tobacco products statutory scheme: consultation) debated and withdrawn. New clause 3 (Notification fees) debated and withdrawn. New clause 7 (Retail...

I beg to move,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require public houses to have annual electrical safety tests; to make associated provision about licensing, insurance and enforcement; and for connected purposes.

The Bill is vital—it will save lives. Had it been on the statute book earlier, the...

I beg to move,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require public houses to have annual electrical safety tests; to make associated provision about licensing, insurance and enforcement; and for connected purposes.

The Bill is vital—it will save lives. Had it been on the statute book earlier, the...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Today marks the beginning of Islamophobia Awareness Month, a call to tackle this insidious hatred. This time last year, to mark this month, I wrote to the Prime Minister raising concern over Islamophobia and urging him to better safeguard British Muslims and to...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Today marks the beginning of Islamophobia Awareness Month, a call to tackle this insidious hatred. This time last year, to mark this month, I wrote to the Prime Minister raising concern over Islamophobia and urging him to better safeguard British Muslims and to...

Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. The hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Afzal Khan) is quite right to raise, in Islamophobia Awareness Month, the importance of countering anti-Muslim hatred. I know that he has secured a Westminster Hall debate later this week, which the Minister for Equalities and...

Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. The hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Afzal Khan) is quite right to raise, in Islamophobia Awareness Month, the importance of countering anti-Muslim hatred. I know that he has secured a Westminster Hall debate later this week, which the Minister for Equalities and...

Ten minute rule motion for leave to bring in a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 181). To be read a second time on 21 January 2022.

Ten minute rule motion for leave to bring in a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 181). To be read a second time on 21 January 2022.

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

I wish to update the House on the Government’s work to tighten regulatory oversight of construction product safety, so that people can feel confident...

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (Robert Jenrick) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

I wish to update the House on the Government’s work to tighten regulatory oversight of construction product safety, so that people can feel confident...

I wish to update the House on the Government’s work to tighten regulatory oversight of construction product safety, so that people can feel confident that the products used to construct our homes will perform as they should.

Introduction

Shocking recent testimony to the Grenfell Inquiry has shown that some manufacturers of safety-critical...

I wish to update the House on the Government’s work to tighten regulatory oversight of construction product safety, so that people can feel confident that the products used to construct our homes will perform as they should.

Introduction

Shocking recent testimony to the Grenfell Inquiry has shown that some manufacturers of safety-critical...

My Lords, on Christmas Day, there were 578 Covid-related hospital admissions in London; 16 weeks earlier there had been just two. That number became 38, four weeks later, and, after another eight weeks, 124. It is now 578. That is an exponential growth, with the total number of in-patients in...

My Lords, on Christmas Day, there were 578 Covid-related hospital admissions in London; 16 weeks earlier there had been just two. That number became 38, four weeks later, and, after another eight weeks, 124. It is now 578. That is an exponential growth, with the total number of in-patients in...

My Lords, I join my noble friend in thanking all the NHS staff who worked over Christmas and who will work over the new year. I applaud the approval of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.

Will my noble friend ensure that the double dose of whichever vaccine is used is rolled out...

My Lords, I join my noble friend in thanking all the NHS staff who worked over Christmas and who will work over the new year. I applaud the approval of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.

Will my noble friend ensure that the double dose of whichever vaccine is used is rolled out...

My Lords, I too welcome the approval of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, and commend the work of scientists and those on the social care and NHS front lines.

I ask my noble friend the Minister—whose dedication and courtesy I always appreciate—whether he can confirm, as was suggested by my noble friend...

My Lords, I too welcome the approval of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine, and commend the work of scientists and those on the social care and NHS front lines.

I ask my noble friend the Minister—whose dedication and courtesy I always appreciate—whether he can confirm, as was suggested by my noble friend...

My Lords, I shall speak about the wearing of face coverings on public transport. What do the Government intend to do about the attacks on public-spirited individuals who attempt to encourage non-wearers of masks to comply with the law? What advice can they offer to members of the public who...

My Lords, I shall speak about the wearing of face coverings on public transport. What do the Government intend to do about the attacks on public-spirited individuals who attempt to encourage non-wearers of masks to comply with the law? What advice can they offer to members of the public who...

My Lords, I offer my unreserved congratulations to the Government, their scientists and the National Health Service on the signal success of getting to the point where the Oxford vaccine is available to us. We are entering the last phase of this struggle. I in no way share the gripes...

My Lords, I offer my unreserved congratulations to the Government, their scientists and the National Health Service on the signal success of getting to the point where the Oxford vaccine is available to us. We are entering the last phase of this struggle. I in no way share the gripes...

My Lords, we have exponential infections and the highest number of deaths in Europe. Are the Government seriously not questioning

where they have gone wrong? What must now be done to further mitigate this country’s distress? I share the many concerns raised by other noble Lords; my local hospital, the...

My Lords, we have exponential infections and the highest number of deaths in Europe. Are the Government seriously not questioning

where they have gone wrong? What must now be done to further mitigate this country’s distress? I share the many concerns raised by other noble Lords; my local hospital, the...

My Lords, there is a pressing need for credible testing and data if the tiers being proposed today are going to work. As long ago as March, the director-general of the World Health Organization said:

“We must test every suspected case … Test, test, test”

and paragraph 7.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum...

My Lords, there is a pressing need for credible testing and data if the tiers being proposed today are going to work. As long ago as March, the director-general of the World Health Organization said:

“We must test every suspected case … Test, test, test”

and paragraph 7.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum...

My Lords, I support the regulations. I have been a strong proponent and defender of the principle of tiers in defending us from Covid; in my view, it is the correct strategic approach. I thank my noble friend Lord Shinkwin for his kind words about my work on cost-benefit in...

My Lords, I support the regulations. I have been a strong proponent and defender of the principle of tiers in defending us from Covid; in my view, it is the correct strategic approach. I thank my noble friend Lord Shinkwin for his kind words about my work on cost-benefit in...