Health Bill [HL]

Although the noble Earl will know that I cannot support him in relation to displays or vending machines, and I do not see this provision as a replacement, I support the amendment and ask the Government closely to consider it. If the only argument against it is that it is difficult to police, many other things are difficult to police but we ensure that we do our best. It is very difficult in some areas of the country that I know well to police the distribution of certain drugs, but we would not say that because of that we would fail to try to do so. We know that LACORS, which is the organisation with responsibility for policing those areas, would like to combine the policing of tobacco and alcohol because the two are not unrelated when young women are trying to find someone to make purchases for them on the street. I therefore ask the Government to look carefully at this, although I hope that the noble Earl understands that I see it as a package rather than a replacement.