Alex Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Cunningham on 2016-03-22.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Justice on establishing effective processes to allow fixed penalty notices to be issued to people smoking in cars with children present and the associated fines to be collected.

Jane Ellison

Officials discussed the development of the regulations relating to smoking in private vehicles carrying children with the relevant government departments and continue to discuss enforcement of the offences on an ongoing basis.