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Orders of the Day — Health Bill (29 Nov 2005)

Bill Etherington: This has been an interesting debate. There appear to be two diametrically opposed views. There are those who want smoking to be banned altogether in all enclosed public spaces such as public houses or working men's clubs, and there are those who say "Just let it go". I should like to think that the Secretary of State has got it right, although I am not sure whether that has come about for...

Orders of the Day — Health Bill (29 Nov 2005)

Bill Etherington: ...for that contribution, and I am pleased to be able to give her a detailed answer. I have travelled a lot on GNER services, and that company spent hundreds of thousands of pounds creating segregated smoking areas. The doors did work, and the smoking area was ventilated. Indeed, it was so well ventilated that people complained that it was too cold. All the air was sucked out of the...

Orders of the Day — Health Bill (29 Nov 2005)

Bill Etherington: ...Ireland, but many things are accepted, and that does not always mean that the situation is totally satisfactory. I do not think that it is very satisfactory if someone has to go outside to have a smoke. I do not like to see people huddling in shop and office doorways having a smoke. I would have thought that a decent employer, who did not want smoking in the workplace, would make proper...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (2 Dec 1996)

Mr Bill Etherington: ...Member for Colne Valley mentioned. I should like to refer to tobacco tax. I have no interest to declare: I have no great feelings one way or the other. I accept that it would be better if people could be persuaded to smoke less. Although tobacco tax went up last year, there has been an increase in tobacco smuggling and in the number of young people and children who smoke. The argument...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation: Amendment of the Law (29 Nov 1994)

Mr Bill Etherington: ...smokers will pay the extra tax, and I do not think that the proposals will do anything to cut consumption. That will result from education, public opinion and informing children of the disadvantages of smoking. I ask only one thing. I should like the extra revenue produced from that source to be used for the purposes that I have just mentioned, including educating people and preventing the...