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Shop opening hours including Sunday trading - parliamentary brief
The House of Commons Library has just published a briefing note, the aim of which is to look in detail at permissible shop opening hours. In the process, it also summarises the background to the Sunday Trading Act 1994 and the Christmas Day (Trad...
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No proposed ban of e-cigarettes in enclosed spaces in England
Last week we reported on the proposals of the Welsh Government to ban the use of e-cigarettes in enclosed and substantially enclosed public and work spaces. Following this, it has been reported that the Department of Health has confirmed that a s...
Taxi licensing update - Law Commission Taxi Report published
Today the Law Commission published its long awaited report and draft Bill on taxi law reform. A lot of the content had been revealed earlier but there are some new ideas and there is now the opportunity to see the proposals in concrete form. In b...
Scotland - Neighbourhood alcohol and tobacco environments - new interactive map launched
A new interactive map of Scotland has been created to ‘highlight the health risks linked to neighbourhoods with an excess of alcohol and tobacco outlets'. The website allows users to map alcohol and tobacco outlet density for small neighbou...
New psychoactive substances ('legal highs') - parliamentary briefing
Further to our recent news 'Psychoactive Substances Bill' a new House of Commons Library briefing document covers the background to these substances, policies to target them, the current legislative framework and the New Psychoactive Substances Bi...
Psychoactive Substances Bill
We previously reported on the Government's temporary ban on five legal highs here. In the Queen's Speech 2015, the Government has confirmed its intention to introduce the Psychoactive Substances Bill in order to make it an offence to produce, sup...
Tobacco plain packaging - mega claim beckons!
The Scotsman is today reporting that tobacco ‘giant’ Philip Morris is to launch a colossal compensation case in history against the UK and Scottish Governments over the decision to impose plain packaging on cigarettes. Legal papers ar...