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| First minister dismisses e-cigs ban plan in health bill | First minister dismisses e-cigs ban plan in health bill |
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| Plans to ban e-cigarettes in some public places will be dropped from Wales' public health bill, the first minister has said. | Plans to ban e-cigarettes in some public places will be dropped from Wales' public health bill, the first minister has said. |
| It failed to pass on the last day of the previous assembly after opposition from Plaid Cymru. | It failed to pass on the last day of the previous assembly after opposition from Plaid Cymru. |
| Carwyn Jones told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement the bill would be tabled again without the e-cigs ban. | Carwyn Jones told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement the bill would be tabled again without the e-cigs ban. |
| He said Labour's minority government would also have to rethink its council shake-up plans to win wider support. | |
| "There is no point trying to bang our heads against a brick wall when it comes to e-cigs," he said. | "There is no point trying to bang our heads against a brick wall when it comes to e-cigs," he said. |
| "The public health bill will be brought back to the assembly but, clearly, there is no point including the provisions on e-cigs when we know they are not going to get through." | "The public health bill will be brought back to the assembly but, clearly, there is no point including the provisions on e-cigs when we know they are not going to get through." |
| His comments come at the start of a new assembly term with the minority government requiring support from other parties to pass through plans. | |
| The Public Health (Wales) Bill failed to pass at the last assemble after the presiding officer was required, because of a tie, to also vote against the law, bringing the vote to 27 AMs against and 26 for. | |
| As well as the e-cigarette measure, it aimed to create a compulsory licensing system for tattooists, prohibit intimate piercing of children under 16 and require councils to produce a local toilets strategy. | As well as the e-cigarette measure, it aimed to create a compulsory licensing system for tattooists, prohibit intimate piercing of children under 16 and require councils to produce a local toilets strategy. |
| The vote came despite AMs previously backing revised e-cigarette plans. | The vote came despite AMs previously backing revised e-cigarette plans. |
| On local government reorganisation plans, the first minister admitted he would now need to find "common ground" with the other political parties in the Senedd. | |
| Labour has long hoped to cut the number of authorities from 22 to single figures which has been opposed by the Conservatives among others. | |
| He said: "Clearly, the map we published before the election, that is not going to gain support across the assembly, that's obvious. | |
| "But we do need to find a way forward." | |
| Meanwhile, he was adamant that a preferred option for a new M4 relief road south of Newport, known as the black route, was the only way forward. | |
| However, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has previously ruled out any kind of deal with Labour if it pushed the proposals forward. |