Question follow-through · 42740
Smoking: Hospitality Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that outdoor hospitality areas remain outside the scope of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 31 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 3 Apr 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that outdoor hospitality areas remain outside the scope of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which will put us on track towards a smoke-free UK, was introduced to Parliament on 5 November 2024. On 26 March 2025, MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of advancing the Bill to the next Parliamentary stage and it has now ente...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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