Health Bill [HL]

I said in my remarks that prosecutions for proxy purchasing of alcohol are rare. I will endeavour to get the actual figures for the noble Lord, but these are rare offences. The noble Baroness, Lady Coussins, made the powerful point that the introduction of the legislation allowed a large amount of education and information to be made available and a campaign to take place on that issue, which was beneficial. That campaign could not take place in this instance because, as she pointed out, as there is no safe level for smoking.