Julia Hartley-Brewer Challenges Tory MP Over Voting For Smoking Ban

TalkTV's Julia Hartley-Brewer challenges Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown after Rishi Sunak’s ban on youngsters smoking clears first Commons hurdle.

MPs voted 383 to 67, majority 316, to give the Tobacco and Vapes Bill a second reading.

The legislation, seen by the Prime Minister as a key part of his long-term legacy, would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1 2009, with the aim of creating a “smoke-free” generation.

It does not criminalise current smokers, but is aimed at preventing the harms caused by smoking, the leading causes of preventable illness and death in the UK.

Conservative MPs were given a free vote on the Bill, meaning those who voted against the Government’s position will not face punishment.

Julia says: "You don't believe in freedom of personal choice".

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[ashleighwragg]

They can’t stop illegal drugs so how do they stop illegal tobacco

[PaulHenry-zc]

Why do these people think they own all the British people telling them what they can and can't do and take the working people's taxes and give it to the migrants

[nickstocker]

Give all M.P s a breathtest before they enter parliament and as they leave, if they fail, ban them for a year!

[petercrisp]

Could have gone much further how about mind your own business and stop telling how people choose to live

[richthompson]

A good MP is there to represent their constituents, not follow party orders or their own REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENTS....

[anthonybuckley]

Forget the fact it's tobacco, what is the next thing they will decide grown adults cannot be allowed to make an educated decision on?

[keithkelbie]

It's all about division of the public

[padiedo]

PEOPLE are going it cost the N.H.S. MILLIONS a year because of SMOKING ???? TRUE but they get BILLIONS because of it !!!! Swing and roundabouts😊

[leftasticcywickett]

More money for criminals, black market will rule, this is beyond daft

[danwhite]

Surely she can focus her ranting on more important issues. She likes the sound of her own voice way too much.

[Pierre]

You cannot stop the young from smoking now, so how will you ever be able to police this new law.

[clownworld-honk]

Seems like they learnt nothing from alcohol prohibition in The States. The police won't arrest teenagers anyway. Are they going to arrest one who's smoking? I seriously doubt it. Smoking is Dawinian natural selection. I think the question should be should the taxpayers pay for smoking related illnesses?

[StarMan_]

“But that would have been too So being selectively autocratic is OK?

[ajones]

What will happen to people found smoking that are banned?

[danielfry]

We aren't that old when you was a young man

[antonking]

When i was a young man studying
Therein lies the problem with todays world.

[TroyEnglish.]

They are traters they don't care.🤬

[Richard-qo]

He compares this to compulsory seat belts 😂😂😂 what a joke

[paulberry]

Will not be voting for this party I have a choice

[thomasreilly]

What a ridiculous woman. Would she want her children to smoke? Her mother is/was a doctor. Prevention is better than cure!