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.
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 30 April and the Committee is scheduled to report by
Thursday 23 May 2024. 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 expected deadline of 5.00pm on Thursday 23 May 2024. You are
strongly advised to submit your written evidence as soon as
possible.
Aims of the Bill
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2023-24 fulfils a series of government proposals to create a
‘smokefree generation' and reduce the appeal and availability of
vapes to young people.
These proposals were set out in the government's policy paper
Stopping the start: our
new plan to create a smokefree generation.
Follow the progress of the Tobacco and Vapes
Bill
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill was
introduced in the Commons on 20 March 2024, and had itssecond reading on 16
April 2024.
Oral evidence sessions are expected to be held on Tuesday 30
April and Wednesday 1 May.
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 consideration and
possibly reflect it in an amendment. The order in which
amendments are taken in Committee will be available in due course
under Selection of Amendments on the
Bill documents pages. Once the Committee has dealt with an
amendment it will not revisit it.
The first sitting of the Public Bill Committee is expected to be
on Tuesday 30 April and the Committee is scheduled to report by
Thursday 23 May. 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
expected deadline of 5.00pm on Thursday 23 May. You are strongly
advised to submit your written evidence as soon as possible.
Your submission should be emailed to scrutiny@parliament.uk
