Member

It is on secondary legislation that I wish to sound a note of caution, because a very significant portion of the Bill’s practical effects will be determined not by what Parliament has already debated but by regulations yet to be laid. The rules governing vape descriptors, flavours, advertising restrictions and the designation of vape-free zones all remain to be settled by Ministers. That is a considerable degree of delegated power; it is power the Government have argued is necessary to allow them to collect the evidence. While we see that there may be merit in that argument, we on these Benches will monitor the development of the regulations carefully.