Parliamentary search - Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

507 c525-60

Session

2009-10

Department

Department of Health

Legislative stage

Third reading and Report stage

Procedure

New clauses
Private members' bills proceedings

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill. Explanatory Notes Bill 19-EN also published.
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Bills
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Ann Keen | 507 c555 (Link to this contribution) These points were addressed in Committee. I therefore suggest that the hon. Gentleman reads the reco...

Edward Leigh | 507 c555 (Link to this contribution) Clause 8(2) refers to:""A person who without reasonable excuse fails to give to an authorised office...

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Christopher Chope | 507 c555-6 (Link to this contribution) I was disappointed with the Minister's response, particularly her response to the intervention from ...

Julie Morgan | 507 c555 (Link to this contribution) The issue of the cost of £88,000 per year has been raised several times, and I just want to reassure...

Christopher Chope | 507 c556 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, Madam Deputy Speaker, I realise that I am winding up the debate. I hope I am not winding up ...

Speaker | 507 c556 (Link to this contribution) Order. I know that the hon. Gentleman is well experienced in matters in the House and realises that ...

Ann Keen | 507 c556 (Link to this contribution) I do not wish to detain the House. I thought clause 8 had been discussed. I was advised that it had ...

Christopher Chope | 507 c551-4 (Link to this contribution) The amendments in the group deal with offences and penalties. Amendment 7 seeks to reduce the maximu...

Ann Keen | 507 c554 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr. Chope) has tabled a number of amendments relating to the offen...

Mark Simmonds | 507 c554 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch is right in saying that the additional burden specified i...

Christopher Chope | 507 c548 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady completely overstates her case. She recognises that the Bill would not be implemented ...

Julie Morgan | 507 c548 (Link to this contribution) I shall attempt to cover briefly the amendments tabled by the hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr. Chop...

Ann Keen | 507 c546-8 (Link to this contribution) I need to make progress, given the time factor. I will now speak to amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6,...

Christopher Chope | 507 c546 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Lady give way?

Speaker | 507 c551 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss the following.

Christopher Chope | 507 c551 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move amendment 7, page 2, line 10, leave out '£20,000' and insert '£5,000'.

Christopher Chope | 507 c549-50 (Link to this contribution) We have had a useful debate on this group of amendments, particularly on new clause 1. Before replyi...

Julie Morgan | 507 c548-9 (Link to this contribution) If the new clause were passed, we would have to stand still while there was consultation in the EU, ...

Ann Keen | 507 c546 (Link to this contribution) I am advised that considerably increased use of sunbeds and the associated risks have spurred the Co...

Christopher Chope | 507 c546 (Link to this contribution) The standards in new clause 1 are those that apply in a number of EU countries. If the EU is content...

Ann Keen | 507 c560 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased and proud to speak to the Bill, and I apologise on behalf of the Minister of State, Dep...

Christopher Chope | 507 c559-60 (Link to this contribution) Nobody would ever accuse you of being anything other than consistent, Madam Deputy Speaker. We much ...

Speaker | 507 c559 (Link to this contribution) Order. I appreciate what the hon. Gentleman is saying, but I have to be consistent with him.

Christopher Chope | 507 c559 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely know that, Madam Deputy Speaker. Perhaps that gives me an opportunity to thank you for ...

Speaker | 507 c559 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman knows that that matter is outwith the Bill and should therefore not be inc...

Christopher Chope | 507 c559 (Link to this contribution) May I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Cardiff, North (Julie Morgan) on promoting the Bill? As...

Simon Burns | 507 c558-9 (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Cardiff, North (Julie Morgan) on her achievement so far in ...

Norman Lamb | 507 c558 (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Cardiff, North (Julie Morgan) on having got the Bill throug...

Mark Simmonds | 507 c557-8 (Link to this contribution) I should like to join the hon. Member for Cardiff, North (Julie Morgan) in congratulating everybody ...

Julie Morgan | 507 c557 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. The Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill will protect...

Christopher Chope | 507 c556 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that clarification. She has confirmed me in my opinion—I cannot sp...

Christopher Chope | 507 c535-7 (Link to this contribution) I stand to be corrected, but my understanding is that the parents are not responsible, even though t...

Angela Watkinson | 507 c535 (Link to this contribution) If my hon. Friend's amendments succeed and the Bill prohibits under-16s from using sunbeds, an offen...

Simon Burns | 507 c537 (Link to this contribution) I understand the point that my hon. Friend is making, but surely he is not comparing like with like....

Speaker | 507 c533 (Link to this contribution) Order. I do not think that we can start talking about voting in a debate about sunbeds for 16-year-o...

Christopher Chope | 507 c533-4 (Link to this contribution) I will ignore it, Mr. Deputy Speaker, other than to say that I note the inconsistency of the promote...

Simon Burns | 507 c534 (Link to this contribution) Is that not one of the reasons why this legislation is before us today? I have no doubt that the vas...

Christopher Chope | 507 c534-5 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will know that the Health and Safety Executive has an important role to play. The rog...

Simon Burns | 507 c535 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who is generous in giving way. I am a bit confused, however. He is ...

Christopher Chope | 507 c535 (Link to this contribution) On the face of it, I would concede to my hon. Friend that there is a contradiction. When I come to d...

Simon Burns | 507 c533 (Link to this contribution) Would my hon. Friend give the vote to 16-year-olds, then?

Christopher Chope | 507 c533 (Link to this contribution) Certainly, Mr. Deputy Speaker, but I should just like to respond to the points raised by my hon. Fri...

Speaker | 507 c533 (Link to this contribution) Order. Before the hon. Gentleman responds to that intervention, may I point out that he is in danger...

Christopher Chope | 507 c531 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right, but the trouble is this. I speak as a parent of one child who is...

Angela Watkinson | 507 c531 (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether my hon. Friend could enlighten me—and possibly other hon. Members present—on the co...

Christopher Chope | 507 c532 (Link to this contribution) Fifteen pence? Well, that sounds pretty inexpensive to me—it is even less than the price of a Mars b...

Angela Watkinson | 507 c532-3 (Link to this contribution) Has my hon. Friend given any thought to the anecdotal evidence in the newspapers that a small number...

Christopher Chope | 507 c531 (Link to this contribution) That might be true in the world in which my hon. Friend lives, but I suspect there are large parts o...

Mark Simmonds | 507 c531 (Link to this contribution) It might be of assistance to my hon. Friend to learn that evidence was put before the House on Secon...

Ann Keen | 507 c545-6 (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend the Minister responsible for public health has said on previous occasions, the Gov...

Mark Simmonds | 507 c541 (Link to this contribution) I apologise, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I had assumed that the hon. Member for Cardiff, North (Julie Morgan...

Christopher Chope | 507 c543 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that one of the things that adds to the problem is the widespread belief t...

Mark Simmonds | 507 c543 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. The length of time from the initial exposure to artificial li...

Norman Lamb | 507 c543-4 (Link to this contribution) I shall keep my remarks very brief, because the Liberal Democrats do not want to do anything to slow...

Edward Leigh | 507 c544-5 (Link to this contribution) I rise to support my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Mr. Chope) and his new clause 1, which...

Speaker | 507 c541 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I make it clear, in case there is any misunderstanding, that the hon. Member for Cardiff,...

Mark Simmonds | 507 c541-2 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for the clarification. The hon. Member for Cardiff, North and those ...

Christopher Chope | 507 c542 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has already referred to the Sunbed Association's support for the Bill in general, but...

Mark Simmonds | 507 c542-3 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I share my hon. Friend's analysis of the Sunbed Association's position on that. W...

Christopher Chope | 507 c538-41 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is saying, with her typical fair-mindedness, that if we are going to have these power...

Speaker | 507 c541 (Link to this contribution) The question is that new clause 1 be read a Second time. Does the hon. Member for Cardiff, North (Ju...

Christopher Chope | 507 c538 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that my hon. Friend is confused. He has been talking about unsafe sex. As I understand it...

Angela Watkinson | 507 c538 (Link to this contribution) If there were to be a power to require the proprietors of sunbed establishments to provide informati...

Christopher Chope | 507 c538 (Link to this contribution) Taking my hon. Friend's analogy further, in effect this Bill would require every nightclub in the co...

Simon Burns | 507 c538 (Link to this contribution) I am a bit confused. Why would all this be put up in nightclubs?

Christopher Chope | 507 c537-8 (Link to this contribution) I think that my hon. Friend has misread the clause. It does not deal simply with facts; it deals wit...

Simon Burns | 507 c538 (Link to this contribution) I am sure there is a middle way between our different points of view. I am sure my hon. Friend does ...

Christopher Chope | 507 c528 (Link to this contribution) My point is that the Government have introduced an extension of the nanny state to try to make it mo...

Simon Burns | 507 c527 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the proposals in the Bill are in line with the way in which the law w...

Christopher Chope | 507 c527 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a powerful and important point and I shall address it later in my remarks. New ...

Angela Watkinson | 507 c527 (Link to this contribution) I note that this Bill places new duties on anyone hiring or selling sunbeds. Regulating the wattage ...

Christopher Chope | 507 c525-7 (Link to this contribution) The background to the new clause and the group of amendments, all of which are in my name, is regula...

Angela Watkinson | 507 c531 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend refers to 16-year-olds, whereas 18-year-olds are deemed to be adults, and therefore r...

Simon Burns | 507 c528 (Link to this contribution) I was not for one minute suggesting that the Bill be used in that way. My point was that, to my mind...

Simon Burns | 507 c528 (Link to this contribution) I do not wish to be unhelpful to my hon. Friend and I accept his point about the levels of smoking a...

Christopher Chope | 507 c528 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that you would rule me out of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, if I were to suggest that we coul...

Christopher Chope | 507 c525 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

Speaker | 507 c525 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss the following.

Speaker | 507 c541 (Link to this contribution) May I say to the House that I am not a mind reader? Unless Members rise and indicate their wish to s...

Christopher Chope | 507 c528-31 (Link to this contribution) I shall address in more detail the question of whether the limit should be 16 or 18, if it should be...

Subjects

Health hazards

EU law

Fines

Health education

Ionizing radiation

Standards

Young people

Regulation

Safety

Skin cancer

Sunbeds

Legislation

Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill 2009-10

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