PM’s plan to prevent those under 16 ever being able to buy tobacco should pass due to Labour support, but many of his own MPs could abstain or vote against
Laura Farris, a Home Office minister, was doing the government interview round this morning. She said she supported the smoking bill because she took up smoking herself at the age of 12 and always regretted it. She told LBC:
I think this is a very, very sensible policy and I’m not particularly interested in arguments about freedom on this one.
It took me years and years and years to quit. It’s one of my biggest regrets, actually.
