Member

Turning to Amendment 16 in my name and the name of my noble friend Lady Walmsley, I return to an issue we debated in Committee. I tabled an amendment then seeking to introduce minimum pricing for vapes, and I listened carefully to the Minister’s response and the Government’s assurances that they recognise the scale of both the youth vaping problem and the environmental damage caused by disposable vaping devices in particular. But nothing in government policy to date has convinced me that the problem is being adequately addressed. That is why I brought forward this new amendment today, which asks for a formal task force to take a joined-up view of these intertwined concerns of youth addiction and environmental waste.