Results 1-7 of 7 for smoking speaker:Vincent Cable
- Osteoporosis (3 Mar 2004)
Dr Vincent Cable: ...line of defence in the absence of a satisfactory agreement on drug treatment. Some of the conclusions that emerged from the dietary research underline much of what we say about other diseases: smoking and alcohol add to the risk; plenty of exercise reduces risk; and fruit and vegetables are good preventers. All those good messages are reinforced in the case of osteoporosis. In addition,...
- Written Answers — Health: Smoking (6 Oct 2003)
Dr Vincent Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment has been made of the NHS smoking cessation campaign; what plans there are to assist the campaign; and if he will make a statement.
- Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Smoke Alarms (13 Jan 2003)
Dr Vincent Cable: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment the Government has made of the costs and benefits of making the fitting of smoke alarms a statutory requirement for (a) domestic and (b) other property owners.
- Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Smoke Alarms (13 Jan 2003)
Dr Vincent Cable: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate the Government made of the number of homes (a) equipped and (b) not equipped with a working smoke alarm.
- Orders of the Day — Finance Bill: Rates of Duty and Rebate on Hydrocarbon Oil (6 Jul 1999)
Dr Vincent Cable: ...pays nothing like the social costs of its activities, which are extremely great, both in damage to the carriageway system, especially by very heavy lorries, and in emissions, particularly of black smoke. I think that the industry accounts for about 40 per cent. of that particularly lethal emission. Social costs will not be covered unless there is a proper system of environmental taxation,...
- Petitions: Drugs (2 Jun 1999)
Dr Vincent Cable: ...what is happening with the enormous bulk smuggling of cigarettes. The problem of policing and criminality reappears in a different form. We all know of the great difficulties in policing under-age smoking and drinking—12-year-olds buy cigarettes. One is simply translating the criminal problem into a different sphere; it is not solved. The hon. Member for Bolton, South-East mentioned...
- Orders of the Day — Finance Bill: Withdrawal of Relief on Medical Insurance Premiums (16 Jul 1997)
Dr Vincent Cable: ...behaviour can be changed through taxes and tax incentives. The purpose of increasing petrol taxes was to discourage motoring; the purpose of increasing excise duties on cigarettes was to discourage smoking; and the purpose of reducing MIRAS was to dampen the demand for housing. We know from experience that any impact is likely to be relatively small, but not zero. That is the point of my...