Results 1-20 of 112 for smoking speaker:Andrew Lansley

Bill Presented: Health Bill [ Lords] (8 Jun 2009) has video

Andrew Lansley: ..., including the right hon. Member for Rother Valley (Mr. Barron), the Chairman of the Health Committee, will well recall that, in itself, the giving of a free vote energised the debate about the ban on smoking in public places; in part, it led to the conclusion that we came to, rather than the one that would otherwise have been imposed by Ministers. I hope that, like us, the Labour party...

Bill Presented: Health Bill [ Lords] (8 Jun 2009) has video

Andrew Lansley: Will the Secretary of State confirm that the reduction in the prevalence of smoking was greater in the 1980s, under the Conservative Government, than it has been at any other time in the last 50 years, because of the impact of the increase in the price of cigarettes? The increase in prices in Iceland had the same impact. We believe that evidence exists to support the proposition that we...

Written Answers — Health: Pharmacy (23 Feb 2009)

Andrew Lansley: ...schemes, (J) needle and syringe exchanges, (K) on-demand availability of specialist drugs, (L) out-of-hours services, (M) patient group direction, (N) prescriber support, (O) screening, (P) stop smoking services, (Q) supervised administration and (R) supplementary prescribing.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Smoking (16 Dec 2008) has video

Andrew Lansley: ...introduced only in Manitoba and Saskatchewan; and that since the tobacco display ban was introduced, there were no statistically significant results for any reduction in the number of young people smoking in either of those provinces. Will the Secretary of State simply apologise for giving the House an inaccurate presentation of the data on Canada and will he put a note in the Library...

Debate on the Address: Health and Education (11 Dec 2008) has video

Andrew Lansley: ...Secretary of State for Health announced this week that the Government are going to remove point-of-sale displays for tobacco products. I hold no brief for tobacco—I wish that no one were a smoker—but how can it be legal for a shop to sell cigarettes to adults but illegal for it to put such products on a shelf? What is the point of the Government constantly mandating...

Written Answers — Health: Health Services (1 Sep 2008)

Andrew Lansley: ...to on page 35 of his Department's document High Quality Care for All, Cm. 7432; what the evidential basis is for focusing these services on (a) obesity, (b) alcohol, (c) drug addiction, (d) smoking, (e) sexual health and (f) mental health; what other areas were considered in assessing where to focus comprehensive well-being services; what national funding will be made available to...

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (22 Jul 2008)

Andrew Lansley: ...the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department has provided in (a) cash and (b) real terms in current prices in social marketing initiatives designed to support people to stop smoking in each year since 2005-06; what social marketing initiatives his Department has funded in each of those years; in which ways each has focused on communities with the greatest smoking...

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (21 Apr 2008)

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect of banning the display of cigarettes in shops on smoking levels among (a) adults and (b) children.

Written Answers — Health: Pregnancy: Smoking (26 Mar 2008)

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of women have continued to smoke through pregnancy in each year since 1997 for which figures are available, broken down by (a) region and (b) primary care trust.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking: Health Services (9 Jan 2008)

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to extend the four-week follow-up period used to assess the effectiveness of NHS Stop Smoking services.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking: Finance (12 Dec 2007)

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much was (a) allocated to and (b) spent by primary care trusts for stop smoking services in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available; (2) how much his Department plans to allocate to primary care trusts for stop smoking services in each year from 2007-08 to 2010-11.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking: Young People (27 Nov 2007)

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of (a) 16 and (b) 17 year olds who smoked in each year since 1978, broken down by sex.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (23 Oct 2007)

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many smoking cessation clinics there are in (a) the five most deprived areas in England and (b) England; and whether the Government have targets to increase the number of smoking cessation clinics in either category over the next two years.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Foresight Review of Obesity (17 Oct 2007) has video

Andrew Lansley: ...abolished the target on obesity that was set in the 1992 "Health of the Nation" White Paper. In 2004, the Health Committee's report on obesity said: "On present trends, obesity will soon surpass smoking as the greatest cause of premature loss of life." In 2004, the Government abandoned their previous stance and set a target to halt the rise in childhood obesity by 2010. Since then, the...

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (10 Jul 2007)

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons his Department altered the design of the no-smoking sign it requires to be placed at the front of every enclosed public space to make it different from that determined by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO); what representations he has received from the ISO on the issue; at what cost the redesigned sign was...

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (9 May 2007)

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence plans to publish its public health programme guidance on smoking cessation.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (20 Mar 2007)

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the percentage of adults aged 16 and over who smoked in each year since 1977, broken down by gender.

Written Answers — Health: EU Smoking Ban (19 Feb 2007)

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions her Department has had with the European Commission on legislation to ban smoking in public places across the European Union.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking: Public Places (16 Feb 2007)

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions her Department has had with the European Commission on legislation to ban smoking in public places across the European Union.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (22 Jan 2007)

Andrew Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she plans to launch the communications campaign informing the public about the change to the law on smoking in public places; how much she expects to spend on the campaign in the financial year 2007-08; and if she will make a statement.