The hon. Gentleman is right in the sense that a total ban would have that effect—total bans have done so where they have been implemented—but that is not where I am coming from. Clearly, a total ban is much easier to enforce than a partial one. I want to return to the loophole point, because the profit-making issue has been raised. Again, I cannot understand the relevance to someone who works in a smoky environment of whether or not they are making more or less money from the sales than it is costing them to sell the goods. That seems to be a red herring.
Health Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Steve Webb
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 February 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Health Bill.
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