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Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: (Except clauses 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 20 and 92) - Clause 112 (25 Jun 2009)

Greg Hands: ...in the UK, but that number has fallen by about 15 per cent. to around 590. Last year, more than 30 clubs had to close. Obviously, several factors are involved, and the sector has been hit hard by the smoking ban and the restrictions on gaming machines. I appreciate that those restrictions have been relaxed a little, but it is estimated that they have resulted in around 3,500 job losses in...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 12 (21 May 2009)

Greg Hands: I have left my smoking days behind me, but I think it would be quite interesting. I have seen—as I am sure those involved in the issue and the Minister have—examples of what those packs look like. Superficially, they appear convincingly like a real brand of cigarettes and I suppose, in a sense, they are a real brand of cigarettes. Nevertheless, one packet in particular seems to be...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 12 (21 May 2009)

Greg Hands: ...the taxation of cigarettes and fine cut tobacco or roll-your-own or hand-rolling tobacco—HRT as I believe it is called—to reduce the substitution effect. In other words, people give up smoking ready-rolled cigarettes in favour of hand-rolling tobacco. Thirdly, it talks about increasing the minimum rate requirement for cigarettes and fine cut tobacco to combat illicit...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 12 (21 May 2009)

Greg Hands: ...rests on health grounds. When the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury justified maintaining prices in line with inflation last year, she said that it was because it would “continue to encourage people to smoke less or to give up”.——[Official Report, Finance Public Bill Committee, 15 May 2008; c. 221.] In my view, increases in ad valorem duty encourage people to trade...

Surface Water and Highway Drainage Charges (Exemption) Bill: Clause 11 — Rates of alcoholic liquor duty (12 May 2009) has video

Greg Hands: ...closure rate. It would be unfair to blame alcohol duties exclusively for that trend. Labour's Licensing Act 2003 must also bear part of the blame, as must the increased competition from supermarkets and the smoking ban.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking Ban (7 Feb 2006)

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of public houses in the Hammersmith and Fulham constituency likely to be exempt from a smoking ban under the provisions of the Health Bill; and what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the Health Bill on health inequalities within the Hammersmith and Fulham constituency.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (1 Feb 2006)

Greg Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much smoking-related illnesses have cost the NHS in each of the last five years.