Clause 3 - Advertising: newspapers, periodicals etc
Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords]
2:30 pm
Ms Yvette Cooper (Parliamentary Secretary (Public Health), Department of Health; Pontefract and Castleford, Labour)
That is exactly why it is right to retain the existing wording in the clause. Of course, individual papers or magazines may make their own arrangements about different lines of accountability, but individual cases will have to be judged on their own merits. The wording is sufficient.
The hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) asked about the meaning of ''procure''. According to the dictionary, it means to obtain, to take care of, to contrive, to bring about especially by care or with effort. To procure the inclusion of an advertisement applies to the person responsible for an advertisement being published, whether he works for the advertising agency or whether he is an individual who is acting on behalf of the publication. That seems relatively straightforward.
I apologise if I have missed some of the points that were raised before the break in the stand part debate, but I have responded to all matters about which I have notes.