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Health Bill [HL]

I must confess that I am more confused now than when we started the debate. It is difficult legislation to follow. What happens when someone goes into a corner shop near a school at lunchtime to buy tobacco, but a whole crowd of children are already in there wanting to buy sweets, chocolate and other things that make them fat and obese, which is not acceptable these days? If someone asks to see which cigarettes are in stock, does the shopkeeper have to refuse the request or should he say, "Out, children, until I have served this customer". He would not be allowed to mention cigarettes. It seems that the retailer has either to say to the customer, "I’ll have to serve these children first, although you were here before them", and for the next quarter of an hour he must dish out sweets and chocolates before he can return to the adult customer who wants to buy cigarettes. He then says, "I can show you what I’ve got now". Can the noble Baroness explain that to me?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
708 c357-8GC 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
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