Results 1-20 of 23 for smoking speaker:David Amess

Written Answers — Health: Pregnancy: Smoking (23 Feb 2009)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the guidance on smoking and pregnancy provided to pregnant women by his Department, if he will make it his Department's policy to use the phrase 'there's two of you now' in all advice it provides to pregnant women; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Health: Obesity (30 Oct 2007)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the (a) obesity and (b) smoking rate among (i) males and (ii) females in (A) Southend, (B) each borough in Essex, (C) each borough in Kent, (D) the Metropolitan Police area of London and (E) England and Wales, broken down by age group.

Written Answers — Health: Teenage Smoking (8 Nov 2006)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 16 October 2006, Official Report, column 1020W, on teenage smoking, if she will list the (a) magazines, (b) newspapers and (c) other publications in which her Department placed advertising on the risks of smoking in 2005-06 aimed at teenagers; what assessment she plans to make of the effectiveness of each advertisement;...

Written Answers — Health: Smoking and Pregnancy (19 Oct 2006)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the evidential basis was for the recent statement made by the Minister of State that pregnant teenagers smoke to try to reduce the size of their babies, and make delivery less painful; what steps she (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to warn pregnant teenagers of the risks of smoking to (i) themselves and (ii) their unborn babies; and if she...

Written Answers — Health: Teenage Smoking (16 Oct 2006)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much her Department has spent on campaigns to warn teenagers of the risks of smoking in 2005-06; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (9 Jan 2006)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which (a) organisations and (b) individuals were consulted by her Department before publication of her Department's White Paper on smoking; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (20 Dec 2005)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Healthwhat discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials had with (i) Action on Smoking and Health and (ii)FOREST about part I of the Health Bill; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking/Alcohol (19 Dec 2005)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what diseases and conditions are associated with (a) smoking and (b) passive smoking; and if she will make a statement; (2) if she will list the studies undertaken by her Department which demonstrate the diseases and conditions caused by (a) smoking and (b) passive smoking; and if she will place such studies in the Library.

Orders of the Day — Health Bill (29 Nov 2005)

David Amess: ...Bill—another piece of legislation, more regulation—and we must ask ourselves: are these measures sensible and practical and will they be enforceable? I shall start by commenting on smoking, because everyone else has. I do not smoke—I do not think it is very clever to do so—but I defend to the end people's right to smoke. The question for the House is whether other...

Orders of the Day — Health Bill (29 Nov 2005)

David Amess: ...my hon. Friend. Clauses 24 to 30 propose changes to the level of personal control held by pharmacists. Again, there has been very little mention of that in the debate, which has been entirely about smoking. The relaxation of legal procedures would free up those health care professionals so that their skills and experience could be used more widely in the community, in health centres and...

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (28 Oct 2005)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of premature deaths caused by smoking in the past 12 months in the Southend, West constituency; and what action she is taking to reduce the number of such premature deaths.

Written Answers — Health: Pregnancy Health (25 Oct 2005)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures are in place to help pregnant women who (a) smoke and (b) are addicted to drugs; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Health: Child Deaths (Passive Smoking) (13 Jul 2005)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of children who died as a result of breathing in their mother's cigarette smoke in the last year for which figures are available.

Written Answers — Health: Pregnancy (Smoking) (13 Jul 2005)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the medical effects of smoking by the pregnant woman on the health of an unborn child.

Diabetes (16 Nov 2004)

Mr David Amess: ...on obesity. It said: "Around two-thirds of the population of England are overweight or obese. Obesity has grown by almost 400 per cent. in the last 25 years and on present trends will soon surpass smoking as the greatest cause of premature loss of life. It will entail levels of sickness that will put enormous strains on the health service. On some predictions, today's generation of...

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Fire Safety (7 Jun 2004)

Mr David Amess: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) if he will introduce into the Building Regulations limitations on the generation of smoke and toxicity from construction materials; (2) whether he proposes to retain compartmentation as the basis of fire protection in non-domestic buildings when Approved Document B to the Building Regulations is next reviewed; (3) what plans he has to change the...

Fire and Rescue Services Bill (26 Jan 2004)

Mr David Amess: ...with that tragedy, I do not know. I suspect that my hon. Friend the Member for Upminster (Angela Watkinson) was on Essex county council at the time of another incident. We ran a campaign to put smoke detectors in a challenging housing estate but unfortunately, the batteries were removed from one of the detectors and a whole family was wiped out. When I moved to my present constituency, I...

Written Answers — Health: Anit-smoking Campaigns (27 Jan 2003)

Mr David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to ensure that forthcoming public information anti-smoking campaigns will raise awareness of the link between smoking and stroke; and what targets have been set to reduce the number of stroke deaths caused by smoking.

Child Health and Maternity (7 Feb 2002)

Mr David Amess: ...them by the health service. Has the Minister any ideas about how to address that problem? I shall describe a number of the ideas that came into my mind as the Minister was speaking. She mentioned smoking. My wife was a chain-smoker who could not have cared less about smoking being antisocial until she became pregnant, and she has never touched a cigarette since. Indeed, she is now probably...

Home Energy Conservation Bill (30 Nov 2001)

Mr David Amess: ...amenities and energy efficiency will be promoted. Currently, 16 per cent. of student houses harbour pests, 50 per cent. report damp, 40 per cent. have mould and 20 per cent. do not even have a smoke detector. All that information has been provided by young supporters of the Conservative party. I applaud their research. They are concerned about proper licensing and feel that it is well...