Bob Neill
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government), Deputy Chair, Conservative Party
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what impact assessments were undertaken of the effects on licensed premises of the ban on smoking in public places were carried out (a) before and (b) since the implementation of the ban.
Gillian Merron
Minister of State (Public Health), Department of Health
The Regulatory Impact Assessment for the smokefree element of the Health Act 2006 is published, a copy has already been placed in the library, and is available on the Department's website at:
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Legislation/Regulatoryimpactassessment/DH_4138930
We have given a commitment to review the impact of the smokefree law three years after its implementation on
Yes3 people think so
No6 people think not
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