Results 1-18 of 18 for smoking speaker:Tony Blair

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (14 Dec 2005)

Tony Blair: ...from the fact that my hon. Friend says that it is well deserved that he is going to be fully supportive of the Government in all the Divisions to come in the next few months. I said what I said on smoking last week, and we will continue, obviously, to talk to people about it, but I would point out that, on any basis, the vast bulk of smoking in public places is going to be banned under...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (7 Dec 2005)

Tony Blair: There will of course be a ban on the vast majority of smoking in any form of premises at all. There is an interesting debate going on as to whether we should go further. We have held to our manifesto commitment. However, I have no doubt that this discussion will continue.

Debate on the Address: [First Day] (17 May 2005)

Tony Blair: ...He took on the job of heading the new clause 4 campaign with enthusiasm and dedication. I congratulate him on the same determination he has shown in his long campaign to reduce the death toll from smoking. I know that he is proud of this Government's action to curb tobacco advertising, but that he is determined to continue pressing us to do more to tackle that threat to public health. His...

Debate on the Address: [First Day] (17 May 2005)

Tony Blair: ...shift of gear, with more and better services, then yes there has." We accept, however, that there is much more to do. We shall introduce measures to improve public health with the ban on smoking in public places. There will be further money and modernisation to give NHS patients, by 2008, an 18-week maximum wait—and that is from the door of the GP to the door of the operating...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Designated Accommodation (9 Sep 2004)

Mr Tony Blair: For these purposes, my office is part of the Cabinet Office. My office has one smoking room. Rooms for worship, nursing mothers and pregnant women are shared with the Cabinet Office.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Apr 2004)

Mr Tony Blair: As my right hon. Friend says, we are consulting widely, and we will continue to do so. Obviously we must find a balance between doing our best to ensure that people can be in a smoke-free environment if they wish and observing people's freedom to smoke. We will return to the matter when we have the results of the consultation.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Dec 2002)

Mr Tony Blair: I do not accept the figures that the hon. Gentleman gives, incidentally. With smoking and in other areas, the Government have made considerable advances. In relation to public health, surely the most important thing is not only the gap between rich and poor, but the overall amount of money that we are putting into the national health service. We are treating more people—[Interruption.]...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (30 Jan 2002)

Mr Tony Blair: Fortunately, I am not responsible for what happens in the various Rooms of the House—that is a matter for the House itself, I am pleased to say. In respect of the campaign against smoking, the one thing that we should be clear about is that the dangers and health risks of smoking are now absolutely clear. So the point that my hon. Friend makes in general is right, but I am afraid that...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Nov 2001)

Mr Tony Blair: ...but the report was based on data from 1970 to 1998. The number of people dying from lung cancer has actually fallen by 1,500 in the past few years. Some 60,000 people were helped last year to stop smoking, and access to cancer specialists is faster than before. However, my hon. Friend is right to say that there is a great deal more to do. In particular, far more research needs to be done,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (1 Nov 2000)

Mr Tony Blair: ...of pension funds rising 70 per cent. because of rises in the stock market since the election, those sums are entirely illusory. The next £200 is based on the assumption that every family in the country smokes at least 20 to 30 cigarettes a day. That is why the House of Commons research on which the Conservatives base their claim stated, in terms, that the figures were not for a...

NHS Plan (27 Jul 2000)

Mr Tony Blair: ...for older people. That is more investment than the royal commission itself called for. Next, there is a series of reforms aimed at preventing ill health and improving the nation's health, including measures to reduce smoking and improve diet. Central to that are measures to reduce health inequalities. The truth is that the gaps between the health of the poorest and the health of the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (8 Mar 2000)

Mr Tony Blair: As someone who gave up smoking, I thoroughly applaud national no smoking day. Smoking causes some 46,000 cancer deaths a year, and more than 120,000 people a year in the UK die from smoking-related causes. Smoking costs the national health service £1.5 billion a year, which is the equivalent of 15 new hospitals. When we rebuild the health service, it is important that we also take the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Official Visit (19 Nov 1997)

Mr Tony Blair: ...his party, when last in government, which blocked the European Union directive. We are trying to ensure that we get the maximum action on advertising in sponsorship to try to reduce the level of smoking—but in a way that does not damage sport or the industry.

Debate on the Address: First Day (14 May 1997)

Mr Tony Blair: ...as well as cure. I have created a new post of Minister for Public Health, whose job it is to mount a crusade against the killer diseases that unnecessarily claim too many lives. We will start with smoking. The Queen's Speech indicates that we will present shortly a White Paper containing measures to reduce smoking, and a Bill on the banning of tobacco advertising. There is no greater...

Sessional Orders: Debate on the Address (15 Nov 1995)

Mr Tony Blair: ...party. What did he say in what journalists call an "unprecedented" eve of Queen's Speech briefing? He gave the game away. What did he say the purpose of the Queen's Speech was? He said that it was "to smoke out" the Labour party. He did not say that it was to provide new energy, ideas or vitality for Britain, but that it was to smoke out the Opposition. He did not say that it was to help...

Sessional Orders: Debate on the Address (15 Nov 1995)

Mr Tony Blair: ...of office. They have been there too long, they have told too many lies and they have made too many mistakes. They have nothing whatever to offer the future of Britain. A Queen's Speech designed to smoke out the Labour party has instead smoked out the Government. It exposes them for what they are—tired, inept and incompetent. The Government have given up governing the country. By...

Furniture (Fire Resistance) (29 Jun 1988)

Mr Tony Blair: ...to the regulations, not just in the EEC, but as they will be affected by the completion of the single European market in 1992? Thirdly, does he agree that we need a national programme to encourage smoke detectors in the home, including the amendment of building regulations to enforce installation in new buildings and in multi-occupation homes, where many of the worse fires occur? Fourthly,...

Orders of the Day — Local Government Bill [Money] (4 Dec 1984)

Mr Tony Blair: ...of Kipling that are rather more appropriate to the occasion before us. They are these: For undemocratic reasons and for motives not of State,They arrive at their conclusions—largely inarticulate.Being void of self-expression they confide their views to none;But sometimes in a smoking room, one learns why things were done. In the 18 months since this thing was conceived we have not...