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WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Conferences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2025 to Question 68895 on WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Conferences, what decision his Department has made on the Senior Civil Servant grades that w

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
21 Oct 2025
Answer
21 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2025 to Question 68895 on WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: Conferences, what decision his Department has made on the Senior Civil Servant grades that w

  2. 21 Oct 2025

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  3. 21 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Our position on vaping is clear, that it is less harmful than smoking and can be an effective tool to help adults to stop smoking, but that non-smokers and young people should never vape. The Government has regularly set out this position on vaping at the...

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