Member

On the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, in respect of local authorities, it was also spoken to, although with a different approach—which is a very parliamentary way of putting it—by the noble Baroness, Lady Fox. There is already a requirement for there to be a reasonable provision for seating where smoking is not permitted. Local authorities can already go further, as the noble Baroness, Lady Northover, is aware, to make it a condition of pavement licences that the whole area is smoke-free, if they so wish. We share the noble Baroness’s concern about the harms of second-hand smoke, which is why are strengthening powers to ban smoking in certain public places.