Health Bill [HL]

The noble Lord, Lord Crisp, said that he had seen the report in the Irish Times. The issue was that vending machines were being changed to operate with tokens. The study noted that in 79 per cent of premises where the vending machines were token operated, thereby requiring the purchaser to buy tokens first from a staff member, minors—that is under-18s—were prevented from buying cigarettes, while in only 24 per cent of premises where machines were coin-operated were minors stopped from buying tobacco. Although this is not in the amendment, perhaps at Report we should bring in an amendment to make sure that vending machines can be token operated. That would stop it.