Results 1-7 of 7 for smoking speaker:Lord Maclennan of Rogart

Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2006 (28 Mar 2006)

Lord Maclennan of Rogart: ...in adjusting to the new arrangements, and will there be an appeals procedure to enable such construed changes of condition to be reviewed? Can the Minister say whether the arrangements under the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Modifications) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2006, which, again, seems entirely sensible, are reciprocal if the...

Orders of the Day — Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill (11 Jan 1994)

Mr Robert Maclennan: ...which known young offenders start drinking regularly is 14. They drank up to seven pints of beer a night. The more that they drank, the more they used drugs. Typically, they started by sniffing glue at 13, smoking cannabis at 14, and taking cocaine and LSD by 16. It found that 42 per cent. of those convicted of robbery and 23 per cent. of those convicted of car theft were drunk or on drugs...

Orders of the Day — Sunday Trading Bill (29 Nov 1993)

Mr Robert Maclennan: ...force. My research assistant is a bright young man called Charles Cohen whose grandfather was involved in a leading case which became known as the kipper case—the case of Newbury v. Cohen (Smoked Salmon) Ltd. in 1956. In that case, it was held that it would be illegal to sell kippers on a Sunday if they had to be cooked before being eaten but not if cooking was unnecessary. The...

New clause 2: Enforcement Action by Local Authorities in Scotland (19 Apr 1991)

Mr Robert Maclennan: ...any less assiduous in seeking to assist the prosecuting authorities in the collation and production of evidence, and in encouraging the bringing of prosecutions for the evil that under-age smoking causes. It is difficult to measure the scale of that evil, which causes permanent damage to the health of hundreds of thousands of children. The figures produced by Parents Against Tobacco have...

Clause 3: Sale of Unpackaged Cigarettes (19 Apr 1991)

Mr Robert Maclennan: ...is that single sales relate to children. The most persuasive evidence put before the House was that of the 1985 Bristol survey. That evidence also showed clearly the extent to which children who smoke when aged 14 to 15 are hooked on the habit by buying single cigarettes. More than half of those children bought single cigarettes over a period. That is a problem. The fanciful suggestion...

Clause 3: Sale of Unpackaged Cigarettes (19 Apr 1991)

Mr Robert Maclennan: ...that young people buy cigarettes singly and there are unscrupulous shopkeepers prepared to sell them singly, repeatedly, until children are hooked. That is one of the main causes of under-age smoking. The Bill tackles it effectively and I hope that the House will support it.

New clause 2: Enforcement Action by Local Authorities in Scotland (19 Apr 1991)

Mr Robert Maclennan: ...awareness of the problem from the outset, but the same tribute cannot be paid to his Scottish colleagues. For years, the Scottish Office has been reluctant to fund research into under-age smoking, with the result that, while the latest figures available in England were produced in 1988, the latest Scottish figures were produced in 1986.