Biography
Lord Forbes of Newcastle engaged on public health and prevention through three debate speeches in 2026. His contributions focused on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in March, where he spoke to amendments and discussed implementation timelines for removing smokers from tobacco industry reach, whilst declaring his interest as a trustee of Action on Smoking and Health. He also addressed the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill in July, framing it within a national security and public preparedness context.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…A breach in a water company’s control systems is not a data incident; it is a public health emergency. A compromise in a major data centre or managed service provider can cascade and cause chaos across the economy in minutes.”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
What they’ve said
“…The smoke-free generation policy is indeed novel, but novelty as a concept is not a legal defect; it is simply untested. That is not in itself a reason to abandon a policy designed to protect children from addiction and future generations from avoidable disease.”
Tobacco and Vapes Bill · 2026-03-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…UK Governments, of different political persuasions, have brought forward the Bill with the smoke-free generation policy at its heart. Both will have taken detailed legal advice and agreed to proceed on the basis of its content.”
Tobacco and Vapes Bill · 2026-03-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
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