Question follow-through · 127046
Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the definition of substantial discount will be under the Tobacco and Vapes Act and how it will be enforced.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the definition of substantial discount will be under the Tobacco and Vapes Act and how it will be enforced.
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Apr 2026
Answer published
There is currently no restriction on the free distribution of samples of nicotine or non-nicotine vapes. It is completely unacceptable that a child could be given a harmful product that could lead them to a lifetime of addiction.That is why the Tobacco an...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Care Homes
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Care Homes
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Accident and Emergency Departments: Weather
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve Accident and Emergency preparedness for extreme weather conditions in a) England and b) Romford constituency.
Queen's Hospital Romford: Accident and Emergency Departments
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the proposals for a complete reconfiguration of the Queen’s emergency department from the Barking, Havering, and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust.
Energy Drinks
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make a statement on the enforcement capacity of Trading Standards in respect of the proposed high-caffeine energy drinks ban.
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Surgery: Negligence
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Surgery: Negligence
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Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Retail Trade
12 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the guidance pertaining to the substantial discounting clause within the Tobacco and Vapes Act will be released.
Miscarriage
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