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Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (16 Jul 2008) has video

Gordon Brown: The evidence is very interesting: nearly a quarter of a million people quit smoking with the help of their smoking services between April and December 2007—that is a 22 per cent. increase in the number of people who have quit smoking, and it must be directly related to the ban on smoking in public places. We are also investing a great deal more in research into this matter. Cancer...

Orders of the Day — Ways and Means: Financial Statement (21 Mar 2007)

Gordon Brown: ...measures that I am outlining in the Budget today. I propose only the normal indexation of alcohol duties, with one exception. From midnight on Sunday, beer will rise by 1p a pint, cider by 1p a litre, wine by 5p a bottle and sparkling wine by 7p, but for the 10th Budget in a row I will freeze duty on spirits. While I will go ahead from 6pm tonight with the annual inflation rise on a packet...

Pre-Budget Statement (25 Nov 1997)

Mr Gordon Brown: .... The more people return to the world of work and the more we tackle skills shortages, the less pressure there is on employers to bid up wages in the short term. Thirdly, the reality of the more complex and flexible labour markets of Britain today is that pay decisions are made not by the few in smoke-filled rooms, but by millions of employers and employees across the country. The more we...

Orders of the Day — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (27 Nov 1996)

Mr Gordon Brown: ...was "not sure". Later, the Chancellor went on "Today", and seemed to quote me all the time. He was asked by Mr. Humphrys whether tax had risen since 1979. He replied that it depends on whether people smoke, how big a car they have and how far they drive. Then, I gather, he said at a Treasury press briefing at 10.30 am that the question was a "preposterous irrelevance". It is not a...

Orders of the Day — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (27 Nov 1996)

Mr Gordon Brown: The Chancellor seems obsessed with tobacco. I do not suppose—whichever way one looks at it—that I can smoke him out on those matters. But I must tell him that tobacco is not included in our list of 22 tax rises. He is now telling us that the only reason the tax burden is the same as it was in 1992 is because of tobacco. That is astonishing. Had it not been for tobacco, we could...

Orders of the Day — European Communities (Finance) Bill (28 Nov 1994)

Mr Gordon Brown: ...knew about the high standards of hospitality offered by its president at its launch. Journalists and officials discussed the waste and corruption in the Euro gravy train while they were served caviar, smoked salmon, canapes and pâté de foie gras washed down with champagne. No doubt each and every guest was determined to do as much as possible in the time available to diminish the...