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Disabled People (4 May 2006)

Anne Begg: ...cinema because I was a fire hazard, but that was 25 years ago. I always thought that was a dreadful thing to say. Here was I, a non-smoker, regarded as a fire hazard, whereas the drunk man who was smoking next to me—remember, smoking was allowed in cinemas in those days, although it is allowed nowhere in Scotland now—was not considered a fire hazard. The injustice was...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Members' Voting Rights (28 Feb 2006)

Anne Begg: Does the Secretary of State understand the strange logic by which a Scottish borders MP, whose constituents travel across the border daily for work and pleasure, refused to vote on a smoking ban but felt it right to vote on the Government of Wales Bill last night?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (26 Oct 2005)

Anne Begg: ...that Labour is at its best when at its boldest. May I urge the Leader of the House to encourage his Cabinet colleagues to be bold, to follow Scotland's example, to stub out cigarettes and to ban smoking in all enclosed public spaces?

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] (29 Apr 2002)

Miss Anne Begg: ...it to the hunting Bill, suggesting that both were somehow unimportant and a waste of the House's time. I find that incredible. I can understand that some Conservative Members who are well-known smokers would not have received the kind of lobbying and information that I did. The Bill was not originally in the Queen's Speech. Almost every cancer charity and organisation working in the field...

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] (29 Apr 2002)

Miss Anne Begg: Is the hon. Gentleman seriously saying that there is a higher prevalence of smoking among teenage girls because they are managing to buy cigarettes cheaply on the black market? That is nonsense.

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] (29 Apr 2002)

Miss Anne Begg: The hon. Gentleman was talking about the growing prevalence of smoking among young teenage girls. I agree that that is where we find the higher incidence of tobacco smoking. Young teenage girls do not frequent pubs and they are not able to buy tobacco at pubs. There are other reasons for young girls smoking, and a major reason is that the advertising of tobacco makes it attractive to smoke....