Results 1-5 of 5 for smoking speaker:John Battle
- Written Answers — Duchy of Lancaster: Death: Leeds (25 Jun 2008)
John Battle: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what his latest estimate is of (a) the overall mortality rate and (b) the cigarette smoking-related mortality rate in (i) Leeds West constituency and (ii) Leeds Metropolitan District in each of the last five years.
- Asbestos (31 Jan 2006)
John Battle: ...for people with lung diseases. He campaigned against the odds, when everyone was saying that he was wrong. He campaigned to ensure that asbestosis and mesothelioma were taken seriously, as well as smoking-related diseases. He would be turning in his grave if he had heard the decision on 26 January. If he had been there, he would have spelled out that pleural plaques are—to use his...
- Public Bill Committee: Consumer Credit Bill: Clause 19 - Unfair relationships between (25 Jan 2005)
Mr John Battle: ...or fines that must be paid; travel expenses; clothing; telephone, including a mobile; gas; electricity; water; insurance; fuel; loans; television, including cable or video; lottery; entertainment; drinking; smoking; car insurance; catalogues; hire purchase; credit cards; and any other outgoings. That is an incredible list to ascertain whether people can pay a court fine. I simply suggest...
- Health (23 Oct 1987)
Mr John Battle: ...the health authorities to the Government. Those authorities have asked for action to increase their budgets and they are still awaiting a reply. The Minister gave the clear message to Leeds to stop smoking, but in her wake she left an uproar because of her off-the-cuff and casually insensitive attitude. The Minister was made aware that premature babies in the city were being turned away...
- Health (23 Oct 1987)
Mr John Battle: ...reduced to operating only four of them.Meanwhile with a characteristic turn of arrogant alacrity, Health Minister Mrs. Edwina Currie dismisses the whole crisis by inferring that if mothers did not smoke there would be no premature-baby problem.That facile remark deserves an immediate apology. Not only to the caring mothers themselves, but to the devoted medical staff who are fighting to...