Question follow-through · 20406
Smoking: Public Houses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take legislative steps to protect designated outdoor pub smoking and vaping areas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take legislative steps to protect designated outdoor pub smoking and vaping areas.
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill was introduced to Parliament on 5 November 2024, and passed its second reading in the House of Commons on 25 November 2024. The bill will put us on track to a smoke-free United Kingdom, helping to reduce approximately 80,000 pre...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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