The next item of business is consideration of legislative consent motion S6M-17708, in the name of Jenni Minto, on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation. I call Jenni Minto to speak to and move the motion.
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To put the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in context, around 9,000 people a year die from tobacco-related illnesses in Scotland. Each one of those people is a loved one—a family member—whose life has been shortened through tobacco addiction.
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is about preventing young people from becoming hooked on tobacco by keeping them from starting to use tobacco and creating a tobacco-free Scotland by 2034. Scotland has a range of world-leading tobacco control measures. We were the first country to introduce a ban on smoking in indoor public places, in March 2006.
I move,
That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 5 November 2024, and subsequently amended relating to age verification in relation to tobacco and vaping products etc, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and alter the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament.
The question on the motion will be put at decision time.