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Debate between Anne Main and Afzal Khan(5 years, 4 months ago)
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Afzal Khan (Manchester, Gorton) (Lab)
I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Does she agree that public awareness campaigns, such as one that Manchester City Council launched recently, are crucial to raise awareness of the damaging health impacts of smoking shisha? In addition, we need effective licensing and enforcement to crack down on businesses that flout regulations on the sale of shisha. Just a week ago, Manchester Council seized 95 shisha pipes from one property—
Mrs Anne Main (in the Chair)
Order. There is plenty of opportunity to make speeches, but interventions must be short. May I ask you to bring that remark to a close?
Afzal Khan
I will. Thank you, Mrs Main. It is more than 10 years since the smoking ban came into effect, yet businesses continue to flout the law—