The legal age for buying or supplying cigarettes and tobacco is likely to be raised from 16 to 18 as part of a wider package of measures to curb smoking in the New Year in a White Paper on public health.
Mills claimed that leaks of the plans before the full report had been published were "a little bit selfish and irresponsible" and that the B team proposal was part of a wider package of measures that also included reforms to the loan system and quotas of homegrown players.
The white paper also promised an expansion of child care, cuts in corporation tax, and the abolition of passenger transport duty, without asking anything of business in return, or stating that it would have to be part of a wider package of measures.
"The provisions in the Education Act - as part of a wider package of measures on behaviour in schools - help put teachers back in control of the classroom.".
Ministers subsequently tabled an amended motion, but only to say that a vote on 11 European justice and home affairs powers should be taken as referring to a wider package of 35 measures that includes the European arrest warrant.
"The chancellor has pulled out all the stops with a wide-ranging package of measures to support small business," FSB national chairman John Walker said.
A wider package of proposed safety measures also includes mandatory drug testing of all offenders on entry and exit from prison, and the creation of "no-fly zones" over jails to tackle the new problem of drones dropping drugs and other contraband over prison walls.
Studies were included irrespective of who funded or implemented the tags (such as tag vendors, police, retailers), or whether they were implemented in isolation or as part of a wider package of loss prevention measures.
"However, it is up to councils whether or not to use these powers and they are just part of a wider package of initiatives and measures to tackle empty homes.
They would also work as a wider package of initiatives; we also support measures like mentoring schemes and voluntary auditing by companies.
