Health Bill [HL]

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her comments, and the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, for putting her name to my amendment. I also thank all other noble Lords who spoke in favour of it. The comments about intellectual property rights made by the noble Lord, Lord Borrie, were mistaken. The World Intellectual Property Organization, the director-general of trade for the European Commission and the DTI have all commented that these arguments are wrong. The noble Baroness, Lady Golding, asked what I want on the package; but what I do not want is more important. I do not want fancy colours, fancy packaging and holograms that detract from the important messages that she referred to. I thank the Minister for her answer and look forward to a tobacco strategy that includes evidence-gathering and consultation on plain packaging. On that basis, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 60 withdrawn.