Health Bill

I am grateful to the hon. Lady, and she got the chance to make the point that she would have made to the Secretary of State. She will know that the Bill allows for the possibility of such exemptions, although, as on many other matters, it does not say what kind of exemptions the Government propose in respect of care homes, prisons or mental health institutions. Clearly, in many such instances, it will be necessary to construct a regime that protects staff as best one can while avoiding harm to inmates. If one were simply to introduce a smoking ban in mental health institutions tomorrow, for example, serious risk would be posed to some of the care and clinical plans for some of the people inside them.