Results 1-14 of 14 for smoking speaker:James Arbuthnot
- Written Answers — Health: Smoking (17 Jul 2002)
Mr James Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the effect on health outcomes of smoking in the last five years, broken down by region.
- Written Answers — Health: Smoking (12 Jun 2002)
Mr James Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the number of people in the UK who smoke, broken down by region.
- Written Answers — Health: Smoking (12 Jun 2002)
Mr James Arbuthnot: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the relationship between the incidence of smoking in particular regions of the UK and the amount of NHS health funding allocated to that region.
- Smoke Detectors Bill: New Dwellings to Be Fitted with Smoke Detectors (5 Jul 1991)
Mr James Arbuthnot: I entirely share the hon. Gentleman's view. Smoke detectors can save many lives, and clearly it would have been desirable for the House involved in that tragic accident to be fitted with them. The purpose of the Bill is not to insist on the installation of smoke detectors in all old properties and new houses, but to persuade people to fit them in older properties and to legislate for their...
- Smoke Detectors Bill: New Dwellings to Be Fitted with Smoke Detectors (5 Jul 1991)
Mr James Arbuthnot: ...and avoiding tragedy was correct. I wish to explain my part in this Bill as it is a rather curious one. Early in the year I objected to it, mainly on the ground that it insisted on introducing smoke detectors for old buildings as well as new. Later when the Bill reappeared I did not realise, perhaps because I had not been told, that my hon. Friend the Member for York (Mr. Gregory) had...
- Smoke Detectors Bill: New Dwellings to Be Fitted with Smoke Detectors (5 Jul 1991)
Mr James Arbuthnot: I am not opposed to the installation of smoke alarms in old buildings—far from it. They should be introduced into every single building in the country. Their value is without question. However, what I oppose is legislation that would be ineffective or unenforceable. We should not insist on smoke alarms being introduced into old buildings if the legislation would place a burden on local...
- Smoke Detectors Bill: New Dwellings to Be Fitted with Smoke Detectors (5 Jul 1991)
Mr James Arbuthnot: ...fire requirements, I believe that they would be burdened with a task that they would be unable to fulfil. For example, they would be burdened with the task of checking whether the batteries of smoke alarms that had been fitted were up to strength. We would create the criminal offence of merely allowing a battery in a smoke detector to run down. We should hesitate long and hard before doing...
- Smoke Detectors Bill: New Dwellings to Be Fitted with Smoke Detectors (5 Jul 1991)
Mr James Arbuthnot: I hope that my hon. Friend will forgive my saying that I do not agree with him. The Bill is intended to insist on the installation of smoke detectors and alarms in new buildings, and rightly so, because local authorities must inspect new buildings in any event. They could combine the inspection of smoke detectors with their other inspections of fire doors and foundations. They must he fairly...
- Smoke Detectors Bill: New Dwellings to Be Fitted with Smoke Detectors (5 Jul 1991)
Mr James Arbuthnot: ...be difficult to assess whether a battery was in good condition after a fire had occurred. I hope that the Bill will not apply to old buildings. Hon. Members can try to raise people's awareness of smoke detectors and try to persuade the owners of old houses, rather than to legislate to install smoke detectors, which are extremely valuable.
- Smoke Detectors Bill: New Dwellings to Be Fitted with Smoke Detectors (5 Jul 1991)
Mr James Arbuthnot: What I am about to say may to an extent argue against what I said earlier. Smoke detectors are now made with a clever device which means that when the battery is running flat it makes an appallingly nasty squeak. The incentive to change it becomes greater the flatter the battery gets.
- Private Members' Bills: Smoke Detectors Bill (19 Apr 1991)
Mr James Arbuthnot: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I must plead guilty to making a fundamental mistake in objecting to the Smoke Detectors Bill. I understand that the Bill to which I objected is entirely different from its predecessor and I wish to withdraw my objection if that is possible.
- Clause 7: Title (19 Apr 1991)
Mr James Arbuthnot: It seems from what has been said so far on Third Reading that there are two special areas of concern. First, there is addiction and, secondly, there is the danger to health that is caused by smoking cigarettes. When either factor is put in conjunction with children, there is even greater concern. It seems, however, that we shall have to think extremely carefully about other activities that...
- Orders of the Day — Public Safety Information Bill (8 Feb 1991)
Mr James Arbuthnot: ...officials and discussed safety requirements, particularly those imposed by the fire brigade. I learned that the fire services must be called and a station evacuated at every report of the smell of smoke. That may sound sensible, but it takes away from station managers discretion, where that could be valuable. Time and again, station managers find that smoke reports have no foundation, but,...
- Prayers: The Environment (30 Nov 1990)
Mr James Arbuthnot: One of the most curious cars that I have seen in the Members' car park is an orange and black taxi that belches smoke like no other car that I have ever seen. Is it right that it belongs to the hon. Gentleman? If so, how does he put his money where his mouth is?.