Results 1-13 of 13 for smoking speaker:Norman Baker

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Smoking (21 Jun 2007)

Norman Baker: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission on what date the Commission last discussed implementation of the forthcoming ban on smoking in enclosed public spaces on the parliamentary estate; and if he will make a statement.

Orders of the Day: Clause 1 — Exemption of House of Commons and House of Lords (20 Apr 2007)

Norman Baker: ...; whether it accepts that democracy and the House of Commons are better served by openness and accountability; or whether we are going to return to the dark days, when discussions took place in smoke-filled, or perhaps smokeless, rooms, when cheques were written without anybody knowing and when MPs were largely unaccountable to their constituents. Surely we do not want to go back to those...

Climate Change (G8 Summit) (29 Jun 2005)

Norman Baker: ...on Africa, that is good, but he must make progress on climate change as well, otherwise he undermines his own case. I commend to the House and the Minister the recent report, "Africa: Up in Smoke", which looked at some of those issues in detail. The report made it plain for us all to see that the G8 nations have failed to join the dots between climate change and Africa. It made it clear...

Climate Change and the Environment (8 Feb 2005)

Mr Norman Baker: ...the problem. Producers insist on presenting a ludicrous juxtaposition that does not help the argument. I very much hope that they will take what I say on board. We no longer argue about whether smoking causes lung cancer. That is now accepted, and I hope that BBC producers will accept that parallel. I congratulate broadsheet newspapers such as The Independent and The Guardian on much of...

Climate Change and the Environment (8 Feb 2005)

Mr Norman Baker: ...scientific consensus is on one side. That consensus is so overwhelming that it should be taken as read. For instance, a person who wanted to say on Radio 4 that lung cancer was not related to smoking would be given short shrift. That is the comparison that I want to make.

Written Answers — Home Department: Tobacco Smoke Testing (3 Nov 2004)

Mr Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons it is his policy to grant licences under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to test the effects of tobacco smoke.

The Environment (10 Feb 2004)

Mr Norman Baker: Tricky questions first. If we believe what we read in the press and consider the smoke signals, the right hon. Lady was responsible for ensuring that the Government's Kyoto target was not downgraded by 15 per cent., which the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry apparently wanted. The Minister for the Environment is nodding, so that suggestion is correct.

Waste and Emissions Trading Bill [Lords]: New Clause 1 — Strategies for Waste Minimisation: England (28 Oct 2003)

Mr Norman Baker: ...directive. All printer cartridges used in this country are imported, and some are recycled and re-used by British companies. So every time the Government stand up in Brussels—or sit down in smoke-filled rooms—and say that they cannot allow the WEEE directive to include printer cartridges, they are disarming small businesses in this country, and damaging the environment. That is...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Animal Experiments (8 Jul 2002)

Mr Norman Baker: ...to promote alternatives such as computer modelling and cell culture; and that we eliminated those experiments that are unethical, such as those that are still being carried out to test tobacco smoke?

Public Bill Committee: Police Reform Bill [Lords]: Clause 30 - Suspension of senior officers (18 Jun 2002)

Mr Norman Baker: ...have the effect of reducing and eroding public confidence in the particular officer. In other words, the public at large would say that the Home Secretary made the criticism and there cannot be smoke without fire. Hence the Home Secretary could himself cause the loss of public confidence in a senior officer and then say, ''Lo and behold, confidence has been lost; this merits the suspension...

Rail Services (East Sussex) (31 Oct 2001)

Mr Norman Baker: If I seem distracted, it is because last night there was a major explosion at Newhaven in my constituency. I understand that many fire fighters are involved and the town is covered with billowing smoke, which reaches as far as Eastbourne. I want to put on record my gratitude to the fire services, to whom I spoke this morning, for their work in a dangerous situation where there are exploding...

Oral Answers to Questions — House of Commons: Modernisation Committee (14 Nov 2000)

Mr Norman Baker: ...Committee to consider the method of election of the Speaker—and, perhaps more importantly, of the Deputy Speakers? Yesterday a Deputy Speaker emerged—Vatican-style, with white smoke—into the Chair. I make no comment on her appropriateness, but I think that hon. Members should have an opportunity to vote on such matters.

Animal Testing (11 Mar 1998)

Mr Norman Baker: ...irritation in the eye. Guinea pigs are used for skin experiments. Other tests are simply beyond belief. One has to ask what on earth is the motivation behind them. Rats are forced to breathe smoke bomb fumes to investigate the effects on the lung to see whether oxygen treatment is beneficial. It is beyond belief that such tests continue. Animals suffer not only during the tests but...