Rishi Sunak's proposed smoking ban cleared its first parliamentary hurdle tonight as 383 MPs voted in favour of the Prime Minister's plans.
Nearly half of Tory MPs, including five leadership hopefuls, failed to support Rishi Sunak’s flagship smoking ban on Tuesday.]]>
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to effectively ban smoking in the UK.
MailOnline went out onto the streets of London, Newcastle and Manchester to see what the public thought of the measures.
The measures were voted through with 383 to 67 in favour, despite opposition from several Tory MPs – including Alexander Stafford, who represents Rother Valley. The legislation, which would ban smoking for future generations by raising the legal age every year, was passed through the House of Commons, 383 to 67 in favour. The House of Lords will now vote on the plans before they become law. Conservative MPs were not ordered to vote with the government, but full support by Labour’s front bench...
Over 50 Conservative MPs voted against the British Prime Minister’s Bill.
While most who wrote in favoured some sort of action to reduce the damage caused by tobacco, some warned about the UK becoming a ‘nanny state’Dozens of people have shared with the Guardian how they feel about Rishi Sunak’s tobacco and vapes bill, which aims to create the UK’s first smoke-free generation. The proposed legislation would not ban smoking outright, but ensure that anyone born after 1 January 2009 would be banned from buying cigarettes.About half of respondents said they were in...
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The House of Commons this evening overwhelmingly approved the second reading of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which aims to phase in a ban on the sale of tobacco products.
This is the rolling ban whereby someone aged 15 or younger this year will never, in their lives, be allowed to buy fags but someone born a year earlier will be free to do so.
In practice, the smoking ban is really about preventing future adults from making decisions about their own bodies, Reem Ibrahim argues.