I am concerned about having good law—a law that we can enforce and one that does not have a disproportionate impact on people who are going about their law-abiding trades. That is my point.
Looking carefully at and reading the evidence will show us that what the hon. Gentleman just said is fundamentally wrong. The evidence tells us that most children—we are talking about under-18s—do not purchase cigarettes in a shop. There is evidence of vending machine use, which I will come to in a moment, but most people are given tobacco or purchase it from an adult. There would be no impact from the measures. That is the evidence.
Health Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Mike Penning
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 12 October 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Health Bill [Lords].
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