Question follow-through · 112062
Electronic Cigarettes: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a form of licencing for high street vape shops.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 11 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 16 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
9 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce a form of licencing for high street vape shops.
11 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, currently being considered in the House of Lords, provides powers for ministers in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland to introduce a licensing scheme, in their respective nations, for the retail sale of tobacco, vapes, and ni...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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