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Health PSC to present report on Smoking Generation End Game Bill to Khairy on Monday

TASNIM LOKMAN
By TASNIM LOKMAN
21 Jul 2022 04:50pm
Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii (right) chairs a meeting by the Dewan Rakyat special select committee on health, science and innovation in Parliament yesterday.(Source: Parlimen Malaysia)
Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii (right) chairs a meeting by the Dewan Rakyat special select committee on health, science and innovation in Parliament yesterday.(Source: Parlimen Malaysia)

SHAH ALAM - Parliamentary Select Committee on health, science and innovation is seeking an audience with Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin on Monday.

Its chairman Kelvin Yii (Bandar Kuching MP - DAP) told Sinar Daily that they will present the committee's report on the Smoking Generation End Game Bill to Khairy prior to releasing it for public consumption.

"(You) can anticipate our recomendations (in the report)," he said.

Yesterday in a brief statement, Yii said the committee was supportive of the spirit and principle of the Bill in wanting to uphold the health and well-being of our people, including our future generations.

However, he said they wanted make sure that concerns were addressed, especially on implementation gaps and possible unintended consequences of the Act.

Members of the bipartisan parliamentary select committee (PSC), chaired by Yii held a meeting yesterday to finalise their recommendations for the Tobacco and Smoking Control Bill that has yet to be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat.

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