Results 1-19 of 19 for smoking speaker:Margaret Hodge

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Television: Smoking (21 Jul 2008)

Margaret Hodge: holding answer 17 July 2008 The depiction of smoking in films is covered by the guidelines for the British Board of Film Classification, which were reviewed in 2005 after extensive public consultation and were updated accordingly. Any films which are found to be (1) aimed at children and (2) "Works which promote or glamorise smoking" receive a restricted rating. We have no plans at present...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Fish (14 Jul 2008)

Margaret Hodge: ...) 2007-08 Total c ost 2007-08 (£) Marine Stewardship Council Standard Haddock/cod fillet tail 312 2,392.56 Yes Tuna in brine 593 2,349.36 Yes Sandwich prawns 65 328.90 Yes Smoked salmon 26 786.24 Yes Salmon fillet 14 52.50 No

Public Bill Committee: Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Clause 115 (27 Jun 2006)

Margaret Hodge: ...should make that judgment. Should it be the company itself? Would that open the way to companies that might well abuse that judgment? Alternatively, would the court be the most appropriate place to smoke out bogus applicants and vindicate bona fide applicants? The judge can make a more impartial assessment informed by evidence that is formally and openly given in court and applicants can...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Sure Start (7 Apr 2005)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ...163;1,171,420 in revenue funding over the next two years (2005–06 to 2006–07). Services delivered include outreach visiting, high quality play experiences for children and parents, breast feeding and smoking reduction support, family learning and employment opportunities, and access to child care and early education. The programme is also working in partnership with the local...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Sure Start (4 Mar 2005)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ...and family support and an extensive range of training and work related courses. Since opening Sure Start Stanley has worked toward improving the quality of life for local families. The number of women smoking during pregnancy has fallen from 36 per cent. to 28 per cent.; the usage of libraries by young children and their families is 7 per cent. above the national average; there has been a...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Sure Start (22 Feb 2005)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ...including family support through home visiting, parenting support, baby massage, home safety promotion and reading and early language development and support. It has had some success in reducing smoking during pregnancy and just under 19 per cent. of the mothers in the area gave up smoking prior to or during pregnancy. It is using its £1 million capital allocation towards two...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Sure Start (22 Feb 2005)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ...and early assessment and referral for children with development delay. Since opening, this programme has helped to improve the quality of life for local families. For example it works closely with the smoking cessation programme run by the PCT and all staff have received training in ways to support parents and families who may want to give up smoking. All staff have been trained to be able...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Sure Start (22 Feb 2005)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ...delivers a wide range of services to support local people including; antenatal support, breast feeding classes, home visits by qualified midwife and health visitors; speech and language therapy; smoking cessation groups; young parents groups; training courses for parents on a range of subjects including self esteem, women's health, nutrition and weaning workshops; The programme has only...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Sure Start (31 Jan 2005)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ...and referral for children with development delay. Since opening, Sure Start South Greenwich has helped improve the quality of life for local families. For example: the percentage of women smoking during pregnancy has fallen from 45 per cent. to 39 per cent.; the percentage of children identified with speech and language development delay has fallen from 33 per cent. to 9.73 per cent. Local...

Drugs (28 Oct 2004)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: Evidence from the Department of Health's survey "Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people" indicates that there is a strong link between truancy and exclusion from school and drug taking. We have made it clear that illegal drugs have no place in schools. We are supporting head teachers and governing bodies, together with local partners, including the police, in their efforts to...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Sure Start (11 Oct 2004)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ...re-registered within the space of 12 months on the child protection register by 20 per cent. by 2004. PSA2—Achieve by 2004 in the 500 Sure Start areas, a 10 per cent. reduction in mothers who smoke in pregnancy. PSA3—Achieve by 2004 for children aged 0–3 in the 500 Sure Start areas, a reduction of five percentage points in the number of children with speech and language...

Orders of the Day — Children Bill [Lords] (13 Sep 2004)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ...difference. In a Sheffield Sure Start, we have seen a 27 per cent. increase in breastfeeding rates among mothers. In a Sure Start in Whitehaven in Cumbria, 25 per cent. of known smokers stopped smoking during their pregnancy. In Scunthorpe, 56 people were helped into work in one year alone, while in the Sure Start in Church street, Westminster, library membership increased by 11.5 per...

Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Skills: Sure Start (1 Jul 2004)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ...of ways, including cutting the number of children entering school with a special educational needs statement, cutting emergency referrals to social services, improving breast-feeding rates, cutting smoking in pregnancy, reducing post-natal depression, improving speech and language development, and helping parents to find work.

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Child Care Regulation (17 May 2004)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ...regulations were revised in September 2003, following a public consultation. Amongst the changes were new rules allowing childminders to care for more babies and preventing them from smacking or smoking in front of the children in their care. At this time we also extended the registration requirements to child care provided by schools, which had previously been exempt. Further changes to...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Sure Start (Chatham) (29 Apr 2004)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ...available over the next 12 months. But to give just one example of the impact, we know that in Sure Start local programme areas, there has been a 6 per cent. reduction in percentage of mothers who smoke during pregnancy; and we know that that will make a real difference to the health and well being of a child.

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Solvent Abuse (29 Apr 2004)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ...11–15 years is collected in an annual national survey of secondary school children commissioned by the Department of Health. Latest information is given in the statistical release "Drug use, smoking and drinking among young people in England in 2003: headline figures" which was published on 31 March 2004. Drug use, smoking and drinking among young people in England in 2003...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Children's Centres (9 Feb 2004)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ..., hygiene, nutrition and safety; identification, support and care for those suffering from maternal depression, ante-natally and post-natally; speech and language and other specialist support; and smoking cessation interventions. Health professionals will work with other Early Years professionals in education, family support and child care to ensure children's needs are met in an...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Sure Start (20 Nov 2003)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ...that a child aged 0–3 and their parent or carer has taken up services. This might be a home visit, or participation in a centre based activity such as child care or a playgroup, parenting or smoking cessation class, or a child health check. Visits to families of new born babies include visits by programme staff, and routine visits by midwives and health visitors provided they inform...

Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Employment: Child Care Places (11 Jan 2001)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: ...the full and important contribution made by the Select Committee to the debate on early years education and child care. We shall consider all the recommendations with great care. On smacking and smoking, the issue is not whether a parent or child minder should be permitted to smack or smoke; it is whether the matter should be determined by the state or by parents in the privacy of their...