Tobacco and Vapes Bill: call for evidence
27 November 2024
Do you have relevant expertise and experience or a special interest in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which is currently passing through Parliament?
If so, you can submit your views in writing to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee which is going to consider this Bill.
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The Public Bill Committee is now able to receive written evidence. The sooner you send in your submission, the more time the Committee will have to take it into consideration. The Public Bill Committee will scrutinise the Bill line by line. The first sitting of the Public Bill Committee is expected to be on Tuesday 7 January 2025 and the Committee will report by 5pm on Thursday 30 January 2025. However, please note that when the Committee concludes its consideration of the Bill it is no longer able to receive written evidence and it can conclude earlier than the deadline of 5pm on Thursday 30 January 2025. You are strongly advised to submit your written evidence as soon as possible. |
Aims of the Bill
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill aims to create a smoke-free UK. It is designed to—
- create a smoke-free generation, gradually ending the sale of tobacco products across the country and breaking the cycle of addiction and disadvantage.
- strengthen the existing powers to ban smoking in public places to reduce harms of passive smoking, particularly around children and vulnerable people.
- ban vapes and nicotine products from being deliberately branded, promoted, and advertised to children to stop the next generation from becoming hooked on nicotine.
- provide powers to introduce a licensing scheme for the retail sale of tobacco, vapes and nicotine products, extend the retail registration scheme in Scotland, and strengthen enforcement activity to support the implementation of the above measures.
The Bill modifies, amends, extends, and re-enacts several existing tobacco and vaping control measures to create a consistent legislative framework.
The Bill broadly seeks to align provisions across the UK, building on the existing legislative frameworks that apply.
Follow the progress of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-25 (HC Bill 121) had its first reading on 5 November 2024, in the House of Commons. The bill’s second reading was held on Tuesday 26 November 2024.
- Bills before Parliament: Tobacco and Vapes Bill
- Read Explanatory Notes: Tobacco and Vapes Bill
- House of Commons Library Briefing Paper
Oral evidence sessions will be held on 7 January 2025.
Guidance on submitting written evidence
Deadline for written evidence submissions
The Public Bill Committee is now able to receive written evidence. The sooner you send in your submission, the more time the Committee will have to take it into account during its consideration of the existing clauses of the Bill and of any amendments tabled to the Bill.
The first sitting of the Public Bill Committee is expected to be on Tuesday 7 January 2025 and the Committee will report the Bill by 5pm on Thursday 30 January 2025. However, please note that when the Committee concludes its consideration of the Bill it is no longer able to receive written evidence and it can conclude earlier than the deadline of 5pm on Thursday 30 January 2025. You are strongly advised to submit your written evidence as soon as possible.
Your submission should be emailed to scrutiny@parliament.uk
Further guidance on submitting written evidence can be found here (pdf, 1MB).
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