Extract from Committee stage (Lords) (day 1) of the Business and Planning Bill - July 13

Tuesday, 14 July 2020 08:15

Baroness Neville-Rolfe [V]:...My grandmother was a smoker and died of lung cancer shortly before I was born—a great sadness, as she was a founder of the CPRE and a great cook. However, this has made me very aware of the right way to encourage the reduction in smoking. I do not believe in total bans, which drive smoking underground. The truth is that smokers are still able to smoke in the open outside some pubs and bars, so they come, sit outside well away from others and support the...Request free trial