Member

Amendment 21, tabled by the noble Earl, Lord Russell, seeks to introduce a minimum price of £30 for vaping products. Again, I understand the intent behind the amendment, and I certainly share the noble Earl’s concerns about low-cost vaping products being targeted at children, but, as identified by the noble Earl, Lord Howe, it would see the price of many vaping products increase many times over. It would potentially —in fact, as it is set out, it would—make vaping significantly more expensive than smoking. This would undermine the critical strategy of ensuring a price differential between vapes and cigarettes to incentivise adult smokers to quit.