Results 1-6 of 6 for smoking speaker:David Davis
- Regulation of Cannabis (19 Jan 2006)
David Davis: ...their position. Governments need to take a strong stance towards cannabis abuse." We now know that cannabis can cause psychosis. Professor Murray at King's college hospital in London has said that smoking cannabis raises the risk of psychosis by two to four times. People who used cannabis in their teens were up to seven times more likely to develop psychosis, delusional episodes or manic...
- Home Affairs (29 Nov 2004)
Mr David Davis: ...on one hand, talks in a disapproving way about drugs, but on the other, seeks to declassify cannabis? Young people took the move as a signal that the Government were telling them that it is okay to smoke cannabis. That is probably why last week's European drugs report showed that Britain's 15-year-old boys smoke more cannabis than those in any other country. [Interruption.] The...
- Home Affairs (29 Nov 2004)
Mr David Davis: ...classification to give the right signal to the youngsters of this country. We will then not have to spend £1 million on putting up notices in every police station that say, "It's still illegal to smoke cannabis." We will look at the Government's proposals on drugs on their merits. Overall, their proposed Bill does not offer the solutions that the British people want. The British...
- Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (12 Mar 2001)
Mr David Davis: ..., Central is that the Budget has had a good press. The public sector financial figures look healthy at first sight. My right hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Mr. MacGregor) mentioned the smoke and mirrors that are involved in that, and it is true that financial and economic commentators like a surplus. There are two sets of reasons for the surpluses—one good, and one bad....
- Orders of the Day — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (10 Mar 1999)
Mr David Davis: ...be the current Budget's fate. It is hard to see the wood for the trees—or, perhaps, to take a line from my right hon. Friend the Member for South Norfolk (Mr. MacGregor), the mirrors for the smoke—following the Chancellor's performance yesterday. Perhaps the wisest course is for me to talk a little about the Government's long-term financing and the effects on the real economy....
- Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation: Amendment of the Law (9 Mar 1999)
Mr David Davis: Not if they smoke.