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Written Answers — Health: Smoking: Public Places (25 Mar 2008)

Humfrey Malins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in England have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of smoking tobacco in a prohibited place since the introduction of the relevant legislation; and what range of sentences has been imposed.

Orders of the Day — Health Bill: New Clause 5 — Smoke-free premises: exemptions (14 Feb 2006)

Humfrey Malins: I understand the thinking behind a smoking ban in clubs where children are present, but does my hon. Friend realise that most sports clubs are private members' clubs—rugby clubs, golf clubs and football clubs, for example—and that they now have a junior membership? Does the amendment that my hon. Friend is discussing envisage a ban in all such clubs?

Young People (Custody) (9 Feb 2005)

Mr Humfrey Malins: ...that they have to return to the court every month and that they will be tested from time to time, to see how they are getting on. The results are mixed. Imagine if there were such a thing as a smoking treatment and testing order, whereby one was told to go away and stop smoking, and be tested now and again. My point is that the drug treatment and testing order lacks the element of...

Public Bill Committee: Identity Cards Bill (18 Jan 2005)

Mr Humfrey Malins: ...time will be made available to debate it. I share the interest of my hon. Friend the Member for Cotswold in the prospect of all-night sittings, though my own bet with him would be nothing to do with smoked salmon and champagne—it is more likely to be gin and a Cornish pasty. In any event, we shall wait and see. Many of us recall going through nights on Bills in the past, and this...

Courts Bill [Lords] (9 Jun 2003)

Mr Humfrey Malins: ...in the London area who could pay but will not pay. These are the young people who say, "I am out of work"—but then the mobile phone rings, and in answer to a question they will say, "Yes, I smoke 20 cigarettes a day and drink two pints of lager a night. Why the hell shouldn't I?" There is an answer to that: the fine comes first. But it does not. Young people who do not want to...

Public Bill Committee: Criminal Justice Bill: New Clause 29 - Victim's compensation arrangements (4 Mar 2003)

Mr Humfrey Malins: ...it—it is as simple as that. There are stories of defendants in the box saying, ''I am on benefits, I have got no cash, and I am out of work,'' and in answer to a series of questions they then say, ''Yes, I smoke 40 cigarettes a day, drink 16 pints a week and run a mobile phone.'' People scratch their heads in disbelief about where the money comes from and where it is going.

Public Bill Committee: Criminal Justice Bill: Clause 137 - General limit on magistrates' court's (4 Feb 2003)

Mr Humfrey Malins: ...effective some years ago has gone. What about the prospect of saying, ''I don't believe a word you're saying. This is due to culpable neglect or wilful refusal. I happen to know that, because you've told me that you smoke 20 cigarettes a day, which is £28 a week,''—unless one is on the Council of Europe, in which case they are much cheaper. The magistrate might continue, ''How...