Health Bill

I am grateful for that intervention, although by and large the Liberals should resist making too much legislation, because it can be habit-forming. I was about to mention the practicalities of the ban. Amendment No. 8 has been tabled by the right hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Mr. Forth), with whom I seldom have much in common, but on this occasion I trail behind him. He is not in his place at the moment, but I am sure that he is not having a cigarette outside. The amendment recognises a way in which we can co-exist. To see that way, one does not need to search out some distant nirvana or go to some distant nation that has somehow managed to structure the perfect legislative process. One need go only to the Upper Committee Corridor, where one will find an oasis, capped with graceful brushed aluminium, beneath which the discerning man or woman may stand, enjoy a cigarette, do whatever damage to themselves they will, and do no damage to anyone else. The tobacco smoke is swept up into the cowl, where it is filtered and exuded—