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We must also remember that there are staff who could feel upset when they are attending work when the clinic is closed.

Given what the minister said about an offence requiring a high degree of recklessness to be demonstrated, I will withdraw amendment 17 and I will not move amendments 18 and 19.

Amendment 17, by agreement, withdrawn.

Amendment 18 not moved.

Section 4 agreed to.

I make a declaration of interest as a practising general practitioner in the NHS.

Good morning, cabinet secretary. I was listening carefully to your answer to David Torrance’s question—you are not taking any responsibility for social care, and it is all the fault of Westminster and Brexit.

On the theme of what you were saying earlier about wanting equitable access to digital and to the innovations that are coming through, what are you putting in place for rural communities for them to be able to access fast internet, fast broadband and mobile technology, which is essential to the future working of the NHS?

Finally, Sheila Duffy, you mentioned children in schools. Does the repeal of under-18 offences mean that a teacher in school cannot confiscate the products, because they can be challenged and potentially get in trouble?

It is now obvious that an eight-year-old should not smoke, and it might also be obvious when they become a young adult, but, in 20 or 30 years’ time, how will we enforce that that young person, who will then be in their 40s, does not smoke?

You do not need to press your button, Ms Duffy.

I have never seen so many vape shops on our high streets; it seems as though almost every other shop is just a vape shop, and they all have advertising on the outside to get people to come in. However, such a dramatic increase in vape shops—or in sweet shops or any other shop selling vapes—will happen only if there is a huge profit to be made. How do we get on top of that?

I refer members to my entry in the register of members’ interests, which states that I am a practising GP.

I welcome HIS being able to inspect to a greater extent than it is doing at the moment and to have some more powers in that regard, because, ultimately, we want healthcare to be provided in a safe and efficient manner. However, I point out that a strand of healthcare is being provided by non-registered doctors and nurses—in fact, by beauticians. I am talking about non-surgical procedures such as fillers.

Those procedures can have significant side effects and, when they go wrong, it costs the NHS a lot of money to rectify them, but there is no regulation and HIS has no ability to go and look at sites to see whether they are safe and clean. Ultimately, those people are doing what I consider to be medical interventions. How can we ensure that that area is included in the legislation?

Before I ask my question, I want to address one point that John Dunne made. Nicotine is a highly dangerous and addictive chemical. It can increase your blood pressure, raise your pulse, increase the flow of blood to your heart and cause narrowing of the arteries. It is not a benign product, as has been said. It is very important to have that on the record.

My question is similar to what David Torrance just asked. It is obvious that someone is eight or 16, but, in 20 or 30 years’ time, how are we going to stop people who are eight or 16 now from purchasing cigarettes? Will people always have to show ID when they want to buy cigarettes?

But if the police cannot confiscate these things, how can a teacher?