Clause 8 - Displays
Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords]
Public Bill Committees, 14 May 2002, 12:30 pm
Mr David Wilshire (Spelthorne, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 37, in page 4, line 14, leave out subsection (2).
This is a probing amendment. It seeks clarification from the Government of the purpose of subsection (2). I am always suspicious when something that is not necessary has been popped into a Bill. The clause suggests that it is possible to control foreign businesses and foreign websites, yet under the subsection there are exceptions to that control and it states that the Bill will not apply to a foreign business or website. I was under the impression that we cannot legislate for foreigners outside our jurisdiction, so I became curious because such a provision was part of the clause. If may not be necessary to develop such a line of thought, but I wish to give the Minister a chance to explain the reason for the clause. It seems to be making an exception for something that we cannot control in the first place.