Results 1-8 of 8 for smoking speaker:Oliver Heald

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] — Fire Services (Hertfordshire) (25 Nov 2008)

Oliver Heald: ...too, benefited from its services when I had a small fire at home. The service does a good job on prevention and advising the public how to avoid fire; indeed, what it does to persuade people to use smoke alarms is particularly important. On 2 February 2005, there was a tragic incident at Harrow Court flats in Stevenage. Two firefighters lost their lives there—Jeff Wornham and...

Modernisation of the House of Commons (26 Jan 2005)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...involving modernity and family-friendly hours. Those of us who take a different view are sometimes portrayed as traditionalists, longing for a return to jolly times in the Strangers Bar or the Smoking Room in the evening, but the truth is that that caricature is untrue and for most of us the issue is how to do the job well and fit everything into the limited time that is now available. In...

Modernisation of the House of Commons (26 Jan 2005)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...to the questionnaires, the reasons that were given by Members for favouring evening sittings on Tuesday were well thought-through. They were not just, "Let's return to jolly evenings in the Smoking Room". The first and foremost reason was that there would be fewer clashes between House, Committee and other meetings, which was raised by 165 Members. The second reason was that there should...

Sittings of the House (20 Nov 2003)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...adjourn at 11 o'clock last night, yet the Government spend all their time telling us that we should finish work at 7 o'clock every evening. In fact, we are about to lose the opportunity to use the Smoking Room after 8 o'clock because of the changes in hours that the Government have made.

Public Bill Committee: NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill: Clause 1 - English Health Authorities: change of name (27 Nov 2001)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...a professor of health economics at York university, Alan Maynard, who describes structural re-organisation as ``a wonderful substitute for change . . . It's displacement activity, a whole lot of smoke with everybody doing an awful lot, but nothing that creates change at all. You change the name, you change the sign on the door—what difference does that make to the service?...

Orders of the Day — Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill [Lords]: Restriction on Reports About Persons Accused or Suspected of Committing a Sexual Offence (8 Jul 1999)

Mr Oliver Heald: No smoke without fire.

Orders of the Day — Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill [Lords]: Restriction on Reports About Persons Accused or Suspected of Committing a Sexual Offence (8 Jul 1999)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...become interested in the debate. Does he agree that the unbalanced position on anonymity has two bad effects? First, it is bad for the defendant if he is acquitted and people say that there is no smoke without fire. Secondly, it undermines the case of women who have been wronged and treated appallingly, because in court, they are undermined by the ever-present suggestion that they are...

Orders of the Day — Scotland Bill: The Scottish Parliament (28 Jan 1998)

Mr Oliver Heald: ...in which one party can stand in an election, make its case to the people, win the election and then pursue its programme. One ends up with anything but fair government, and everything is decided in smoke-filled rooms. That cannot be right, and it cannot be the best form of democracy. Moreover, where proportional representation has been tried, it has failed.