Results 1-4 of 4 for smoking speaker:Helen Jones

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

Helen Jones: I accept that the Bill is a great step forward. I feel a bit like a bag of ailments this afternoon—as well as being short-sighted, I am asthmatic. Breathing in second-hand smoke doubles the chances of an adult developing asthma and inhibits the action of the drugs that are used to control asthma. Can my right hon. Friend explain why someone who works in a pub that does not serve food...

Fire Safety (Storage Premises) (18 Mar 2002)

Ms Helen Jones: ...that, in the nine years to 1999, there had been between 702 and 883 fires in storage and distribution premises. Many of those fires will, thankfully, have been small, with the damage resulting from smoke or late calls. It is not unusual for blazes to occur in such premises. Indeed, the Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers Association considers that the figures are much higher. It...

Public Services (5 Dec 2001)

Ms Helen Jones: ...services pilot demonstrates some of the best practice. By changing the way it works, it has met the health needs of the area. For example, under the direction of the practice nurse, it offers a good smoking cessation service. Its front-line staff have been retrained. Receptionists have become primary care assistants and can check blood pressure or test urine samples. They can then take...

Oral Answers to Questions — Fire Services Community Programmes (20 Nov 2000)

Ms Helen Jones: .... Friend for that reply. May I commend to him the project run by the Cheshire fire service at Blackbrook in my constituency where, working with the residents, it has trained young people to check smoke alarms? It also arranges to sell batteries for smoke alarms cheaply. As a result, there has been a reduction the number of fires and in the number of hoax calls and, according to the local...