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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 November 2025

Debate

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Contribution

There is apparently a further consequence arising from Part 1 of the Bill. Under the generational ban, would a theatre employee purchasing cigarettes on behalf of an actor, perhaps to be used as a stage prop, be committing an offence if the actor was born on or after 1 January 2009? That is a genuine operational concern that will be raised by theatres, film studios and producers, and I think we owe it to them to clarify that question.

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