Speeches by Johnson.

“Q Okay, but you do not have specific evidence that compares flavours. Say the popular flavours are cherry and raspberry—you do not have anything that says which is safer. Professor Sanjay Agrawal: No.”

“Q I have a few questions about understanding the thought process behind some of the Government’s decisions. One of the suggestions made by a Labour Back Bencher in the previous Bill Committee —I think we were both on it—was that of a nicotine-free generation. Today, in particular from the CMO, we heard about how the in…”

“Q My final question is about the awareness of public spaces legislation. You are creating the powers to restrict people’s ability to smoke and vape outside in places that you have chosen reasonably sensibly, but you could extend them. If you do extend them, how will you ensure that people know so that they are not inad…”

“Q What was your thought process on shisha, bongs and other paraphernalia, which some people feel are not adequately covered by the Bill? Andrew Gwynne: Oh, you will get me on my hobby horse, having mentioned bongs. All tobacco products will be covered by the measures in this Bill. Shisha is covered. Shisha is a harmful…”

“Q I am not sure that I completely understand your argument, because the rise in age of being able to smoke will also inevitably raise the age of people who are wishing to quit. Of course, if a Government want to do it later, you could end up in a very tricky situation where you are asking people to enforce an age of sa…”

“Q That leaves the Government with a difficult choice, does it not? At the moment, there are a whole plethora of flavours. You can make the descriptions boring very easily but, if you are going to choose a small range of flavours, the intent will presumably be to choose the ones containing those chemicals that are thoug…”

“Q I want to ask you about flavours, given your experience of people who are trying to quit. There has been some debate about restricting flavours, and how flavours entice children but, perhaps, help adults. When I first met somebody from the industry, I asked them about flavours and they told me that when somebody uses…”

“Q Professor Agrawal, do you have anything to contribute about the effects of vaping on older people? Professor Sanjay Agrawal: The majority of adults who vape have smoked, so they are using vapes to quit smoking. The amount of research that looks at populations who have never smoked, who have only vaped, is actually qu…”

“Q We have heard a bit today about the marketing of vapes and the flexibility of industry to maintain its market of nicotine-addicted people. Do you think that the Bill is sufficiently flexible? For example, we have seen nicotine pouches becoming more popular with children, and we have started to see them advertised in …”

“Q Thank you and welcome. I reiterate that I am a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. My first question is about the medical harms of vaping. We know that these products are relatively new and that it took quite a long time to establish how harmful smoking was. What do we know about harms that v…”

“I have heard the hon. Lady but will not give way, because the Deputy Speaker has been clear about the time constraints in the debate. Has the Minister made an estimate of the number of extra admissions caused by elderly people who are cold due to the removal of the winter fuel allowance, what impact that is having on h…”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker—a very happy new year to you. May I also wish the grandmother of the hon. Member for Bury North (Mr Frith) a speedy recovery? I should declare an interest as a consultant practising in the NHS. My brother is a GP and I am on an orthopaedic waiting list, so I am one of the statistics. I a…”

“The House has agreed this afternoon that cultural sensitivities should not get in the way of police investigations. However, it would appear that they have and they perhaps still are, and that victims have been let down and that current victims might be being failed even today. There is a specific problem with gangs of…”

“I will not, because I have a time limit. I was pleased to hear that the Government will continue many Conservative initiatives, such as expanding the surgical hubs programme and extending the work of community diagnostic centres, but some of the other parts were a little confusing. Patients are to have a choice of wher…”

“(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care if he will make a statement on hospice funding.”

“After the confusion of yesterday, I welcome the fact that further details on hospice funding have been announced, albeit by our dragging them out of the Government on the very last day of Parliament before the recess. On 30 October, the Chancellor decided to break her election promise by increasing employers national i…”

“That is really interesting because what you seem to be saying is that without some change in Government policy your charity will deliver fewer services to deaf and blind children.”

“I want to ask a quick question about what Harriet Edwards said. I was struck by the scale of the figure of £5 million for your charity, if I heard correctly, extra because of the Budget. Do you expect to be able to raise that money from extra donations or do you expect to reduce the headcount of your charity? Do you ex…”

“I have a very quick question related to what Patrick has just asked and what Jo said about parenting classes. We know that in some cases they can be very effective at helping with children who have a challenging behaviour. How do we change that narrative from being a culture of fear that a parent is being told they are…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I congratulate the hon. Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) on securing this important debate. I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the register of interests, as I am a practising NHS consultant, although in paediatrics rather than in any form of gynaecolo…”