Question follow-through · 95036
Electronic Cigarettes: Testing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of resources required by the MHRA to implement the new registration and testing regime for vaping products established under the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of resources required by the MHRA to implement the new registration and testing regime for vaping products established under the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2025
Answer published
No assessment has yet been made as the registration scheme is still in the early stages of policy development. On 8 October 2025, we published a call for evidence on a number of topics related to tobacco, vaping and nicotine products, including the propos...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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20 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the MHRA’s effectiveness at communicating known risks of sodium valproate, particularly in pregnancy, prior to 2018.