Health Bill

I had not considered that point, but I am glad that the hon. Gentleman is keeping in close contact with his local publicans, as ever. I have a further worry, which I have not really thought through, about the exemption’s link with alcohol policy. Given the extension of licensing hours—we do not necessarily need to be talking about 24-hour licensing—the situation for bar staff will get worse. If licensing hours are longer, they will be exposed to second-hand smoke for longer. The case for doing something about that, which is the case against an exemption, thus becomes more pressing.