Speeches by Bool.

“I want to put on record that I concur with much of what my hon. Friend the Member for Farnham and Bordon said, particularly about vapes. My hesitation so far has always related to my concern about tobacco in clause 1. I can reassure the Minister that I firmly believe in the United Kingdom. We have one of the finest leg…”

“Once one has turned 66, that person does not have to confirm their age each and every couple of days or necessarily carry ID to claim their state pension—it is noted on the record, and that is that. Here, potentially, however, if we have an outright ban from 1 January 2009, whenever someone tries to buy a cigarette, af…”

“On that point, according to Cancer Research, about nine in 10 people start smoking before the age of 21. Surely, if we increase that to 25, by default we are preventing more people from starting by that point. Going back to enforcement, I think that 25 is more of an age by which we have caught the youth and stopped the…”

“Just to play devil’s advocate, there will be some who will say that they have a cigar from time to time, and that will be caught by this legislation. Cigars are not used in the same way as cigarettes, and they are not seen to be as highly addictive. People do not chain smoke cigars. Is it fair in that instance to remov…”

“I understand the point about the potential complexities, but there is a risk on enforcement that whenever anyone goes to buy cigarettes in the future, they will have to have some form of ID. That creates a distortion: someone could just be assumed to be over the age of 25, whereas under the Bill they will always have t…”

“Q You mentioned that 88% of the population do not smoke, and the numbers are now declining. Can I ask why you supported a generational ban as opposed to raising the age from 18 to 21 or even 25? It is predominantly younger people whom we want to stop smoking. Professor Sir Chris Whitty: I might ask Michael to come in. …”

“My mother has some shareholdings in British American Tobacco, but that links to my parents’ having worked for Imperial Tobacco 50 years ago.”

“Q To build on a point my hon. Friend the Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham made a moment ago, the Scottish Grocers’ Federation has indicated in some of the information it sent to us that, in its latest crime report, the most prevalent cause of threatening behaviour in stores is the refusal of sale and asking for pr…”

“Q I want to follow up on that point, because clause 12 of the Bill will actually include a ban on vending machines for vaping, but I know that there have been mental health trusts that have said that, actually, they would call for those to be exempted. Is that one of the exemptions that you would perhaps go for, and ac…”

“Across my constituency, be it in Grendon or Bugbrooke, flood warnings come hours after the flood events have occurred. What action will the Minister take to ensure that flood warnings are timely and accurate?”

“It is absolutely right and correct that we debate these measures to improve the water industry. In the light of continued concerns over Thames Water and Southern Water, action must be taken to protect our water service. It is important to take a step back and put the debate into its proper context. We must appreciate t…”

“Not just yet. No monitoring does not mean that water is clean, as the Secretary of State seemed to suggest. One must be faithful to the facts. We will support this Bill’s Second Reading because it includes many measures that the previous Government established—for example, companies that pollute the environment can be …”

“Obviously, this is incredibly complicated. If the Government keep going ahead on this process and have set this £1 million threshold, what would be a more realistic threshold that would at least try to offset some of this if they were to be able to move that band at all?”

“Thank you very much, Chair. Stuart, as you mentioned, many expected to die in the saddle, so they have not really been making their plans. I am not asking for legal advice because I know it is very specific, but what sort of legal steps do you think farmers might now try to take to lessen their inheritance tax burden i…”

“Obviously, this is incredibly complicated. If the Government keep going ahead on this process and have set this £1 million threshold, what would be a more realistic threshold that would at least try to offset some of this if they were to be able to move that band at all?”

“Thank you very much, Chair. Stuart, as you mentioned, many expected to die in the saddle, so they have not really been making their plans. I am not asking for legal advice because I know it is very specific, but what sort of legal steps do you think farmers might now try to take to lessen their inheritance tax burden i…”

“Members may recall that large parts of Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire were flooded after heavy rainfall in September, including Grendon in my constituency. Will the Leader of the House ask the Environment Secretary to make a statement to the House on when local authorities can expect to receive the extra funding to …”

“Do you think that is enough? Some of these companies are going to need even more external investment coming in. Do you think it is actually an attractive prospect at the moment for them? Because in this sort of environment, it does not feel like that. How do you counter that? I appreciate it is all very well having the…”

“I want to look a little bit more at Ofwat’s strategy and its powers and I think, as has just been addressed, this is clearly a very complicated position at the moment because financing for the water companies is clearly an issue. We have questions about how they are structured. On the other hand, we are also fining the…”

“I want to look a little bit more at Ofwat’s strategy and its powers and I think, as has just been addressed, this is clearly a very complicated position at the moment because financing for the water companies is clearly an issue. We have questions about how they are structured. On the other hand, we are also fining the…”