Member

Amendment 189 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Kamall proposes something that I hope the Minister will not find controversial. It would test to see whether, in five years’ time, the Act is working as intended across the piece. We have included two key metrics: first, that it has led to a measurable and demonstrable reduction in smoking and vaping rates; and, secondly, that it has not done undue damage to businesses in our communities, particularly small and micro-businesses. It ought not to be too difficult to populate those metrics with meaningful data. If the Act is effective in fulfilling its purpose, we ought to see it resulting in clearly measurable changes within a few years.