Member

I will not repeat the debate we had in Committee, but we had an interesting exchange of views. My sense from that debate was that although the myth surrounding filters as a means of lessening the damage done to smokers needs busting, which several noble Lords have done very well this evening, there was a recognition that a pre-emptory ban on supply might perhaps be unrealistic, certainly in the immediate term. For the Government to have taken powers in this regard seems the right and proportionate response—which is why, I am afraid, I cannot support Amendment 77 from the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, well-intentioned as it is.