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Care Homes (Domestic Pets): Clause 20 — Bingo duty (8 Jul 2009)

John Gummer: ...it might even be a comparatively lower one. These people have already been hit very hard. I do not think the Government have ever really come to terms with some of the by-blows of their decision on smoking in public places. As an enthusiast for the environment, I am fed up with the fact that we have increased emissions in this country caused by outdoor heating that enables people to smoke...

Orders of the Day: Planning Bill (10 Dec 2007) has video

John Gummer: ...warming gases that will result from the Bill. The Government do not know the figures relating to the 2,500 post offices that they have closed or the effect of the heating provided for people to smoke outside pubs following the smoking ban. They do not bother to find those things out. It is all words, with no practical figures relating to the increase in emissions that results from their...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Heating: Carbon Emissions (27 Nov 2007)

John Gummer: ...Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the likely increase in carbon dioxide emissions from the use of outdoor heating for smokers following the introduction of the ban on smoking in enclosed public places.

Common Agricultural Policy (12 Jun 1992)

Mr John Gummer: ...no business supporting tobacco production. I must say that I find that argument difficult to uphold. People say that we should not have tobacco production in Europe but should allow people to go on smoking and import the tobacco from elsewhere. We would then have to spend money on keeping the families who used to produce tobacco where they are, as we cannot have them flooding into towns...

Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: CAP Reform (20 Jun 1991)

Mr John Gummer: ...a year. However, it is difficult to suggest that it is better to import tobacco from outside the Community than to use tobacco grown inside the Community. The real issue is to discourage people from smoking. That is the role of government and that role is becoming increasingly clear to all nations in the European Community.

Agriculture (18 Apr 1991)

Mr John Gummer: ...Community spend money on producing unsmokable tobacco? That may have some health advantage, but I cannot think of any other advantage. At present, money is being spent to produce tobacco that no one can smoke, which is then burnt to allow more money to be spent on producing tobacco that no one can smoke. That is not a sensible policy and I wholly support the Community's desire to move from...

Straw and Stubble Burning (30 Nov 1989)

Mr John Gummer: ...issued a toughened code of practice in 1986. A ban on burning was therefore not judged to be necessary. However, in 1989 the problems have returned with a vengeance. There have been many cases of smoke drifting across roads, in some cases with disastrous results, smoke-filled homes, dirty smuts, and genuine fears for the safety of property. In addition, there have been considerable losses...

Asbestos (8 Nov 1983)

Mr John Gummer: .... If there is any further information to give on anything that I do not know about, I shall chase it up as quickly as possible. Under the regulations, large parts of asbestos factories will be non-smoking areas. I do not agree with the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne, East (Mr. Brown), because where we know that there is a proven extra danger—there seems to be increasing...

Orders of the Day — EDUCATION (No. 2) BILL: Assisted Places at Independent Schools (12 Feb 1980)

Mr John Gummer: ...problem with the Opposition's argument—which has taken up much of the time that Back Benchers might have used—is that they would prefer people to spend their money on a motor car or on smoking rather than on educating their children as they would like? What they really want to do is to exclude from these schools the very people for whom they ought to be fighting.