Results 1-9 of 9 for smoking speaker:Peter Luff

Written Answers — Health: Smoking: Public Places (11 Jun 2007)

Peter Luff: ...the Secretary of State for Health what guidance she is providing to those responsible for the management of (a) places of worship and (b) listed buildings on the legal requirements to display no smoking signs.

Amendment of the Law: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (26 Mar 2007)

Peter Luff: ...people knew exactly what was going on. Sadly, some right-wing commentators did not. One, writing in The Daily Telegraph the following day, said that the Conservative economic policy now lay in smoking ruins after the Chancellor's tax cuts. Admittedly, he described the cuts as symbolic, recognising that they were not really tax cuts at all. He seemed to believe, however, that British...

Police (5 Feb 2004)

Mr Peter Luff: ...? The increase is actually 2.8 per cent., as I believe she previously admitted, because the figure includes "the transfer of ring-fenced initiatives into mainstream grant funding". That is another classic example of smoke and mirrors from the Government. I have a real concern for my police authority, which I hold in high regard, and the policemen and women of my area, whom I also hold in...

Orders of the Day — National Insurance Contributions Bill: Schedule 1 — Consequential Amendments (10 Jun 2002)

Mr Peter Luff: ...and more. Is that the sort of list that the hon. Member for Bassetlaw (John Mann) sought? [Interruption.] Obviously, the hon. Gentleman broadly agrees. That is all very well, but it is more of the smoke and mirrors—the spin—that we are used to from the Government, because the Chancellor's changes to employers' national insurance contributions will raise as much as a 3 per...

Public Bill Committee: Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill: Clause 15 - Penalties (8 Feb 2001)

Mr Peter Luff: ...the figures that I have are correct; they come from the Tobacco Manufacturers Association, which, in a brief that I believe every member of the Committee has received, said that 7 per cent. of smokers switch brands each year. Some 26 per cent. smoke more than one brand, so the market for brand switches is massive—around £3 billion, including advertising.. If new, less...

Public Bill Committee: Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill: Clause 1 - Prohibition of tobacco advertising (1 Feb 2001)

Mr Peter Luff: .... In Hollywood, cigarettes are often placed in films deliberately. Is that covered by the Bill? Will it be possible to show in the United Kingdom films made in the United States that show a person smoking who is a role model for the young?

Public Bill Committee: Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill: Clause 2 - Prohibition of tobacco advertising (1 Feb 2001)

Mr Peter Luff: Is there not a problem here? Everyone is against child pornography—except child pornographers. There is a huge international consensus against it. Not everyone is against tobacco smoking or tobacco advertising, so it will be much more difficult to establish a voluntary system when there is a financial incentive for tobacco companies to get round the ban and to advertise heavily on the...

Petition: Hunting with Dogs (7 Jul 2000)

Mr Peter Luff: ...of people every year, but we do not ban it; we seek to control it with speed limits, traffic lights and the highway code. Alcohol causes huge problems, and we control its sale and availability. Smoking kills people; again, we seek to control it. We give people the option of no-smoking carriages; we do not say, "Ban, ban, ban." The Middle Way group's proposal, which is based on licensing...

Orders of the Day — Scotland Bill: Beef Bones Regulations (10 Feb 1998)

Mr Peter Luff: My right hon. Friend rightly asks where the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is. He is in the Smoking Room. Should he not be here?