Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 92258

Public Houses: Electronic Cigarettes

Tabled: 18 November 2025
Answered: 26 November 2025

Question

Kevin Hollinrake

ConservativeThirsk and Malton

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Licensing Taskforce were consulted on the proposed ban on vaping inside pubs.

Answer

Kate Dearden

The Premises Licensing Taskforce were not consulted on the proposed ban on vaping inside pubs. Members of the Taskforce did not raise vaping in the wider consultation and Call for Evidence on Premises Licensing.

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill gives us the powers to make most public places and workplaces that are smoke-free also vape-free. Exactly which settings should become vape-free will be a matter for secondary legislation and will be subject to a consultation. The Taskforce are able to respond to the consultation. We want to hear the views of all groups.