MPs voted in favour of a ban on smoking in cars carrying children
Smoking in cars carrying children is on course to be banned after MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposals in the House of Commons.
Lighting up on the school run or family outings can now be made illegal with the Commons vote giving Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt the power to bring in a law.
The vote - passed by 376 votes to 107 - also gave the Welsh government the power to introduce it. Ministers must now decide if they want to make smoking in cars carrying children illegal in Wales.
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