Decision details

Standing Order 11.21:

Time must be made available in each Assembly year for debates on the following items of business:

(iv) motions proposed by any Member who is not a member of the government

The item started at 14.52

Voting on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.

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Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire)

Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

Elin Jones (Ceredigion)

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:

1. Notes the proposal within the Welsh Government’s consultation on proposals for a Public Health Bill to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in enclosed public places and places of work in Wales.

2. Notes that an estimated 2.1million adults in the UK currently use electronic cigarettes.

3. Notes that public health guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ‘Tobacco: harm-reduction approaches to smoking’ supports the use of licenced nicotine containing products to aid people in cutting down or quitting smoking.

4. Calls on the Welsh Government to bring forward the evidence behind the proposals on electronic cigarettes, to provide clarity on the justification for these proposals within the Public Health Bill.

The result was as follows:

The motion was agreed.