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Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (7 Dec 2005)

Chris Mullin: Does my right hon. Friend recall saying that whenever he introduced a reform he always, with the benefit of hindsight, regretted not going any further? Is the proposed limited ban on cigarette smoking a case in point? Could I encourage my right hon. Friend to be a little bolder and at the very least ban cigarette smoking in restaurants and pubs that do serve food, not just those that do not?...

Business of the House (24 Nov 2005)

Chris Mullin: May I press my right hon. Friend on the suggestion that a free vote be held on the extent of the restrictions on smoking when the issue is debated next year? He will recall that our right hon. Friend the Prime Minister, at annual conference, said that whenever he introduced a reform he always thought in retrospect that he had not gone far enough. We are in danger of introducing a measure that...

Orders of the Day — Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — [2nd Allotted Day]: Clause 97 — Jurisdiction of MoD police (26 Nov 2001)

Mr Chris Mullin: ...". Even that provision goes far wider than terrorism, but I accept that there might be a difficulty in identifying in the early stages what might turn out to be a terrorist act. My purpose is to smoke out of Ministers an answer on exactly why this extensive increase in powers is necessary. I understand that Ministry of Defence police in garrison towns already co-operate well with local...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Transport and the Regions: Aircraft Fumes (16 Jan 2001)

Mr Chris Mullin: The safety regulation group of the Civil Aviation Authority receives reports of smoke, odours and fumes entering the cabins of all UK-registered passenger aircraft types. Analysis of the 171 incidents reported in the year ending 30 June 2000, resulting from a variety of causes, indicated no significant pattern regarding aircraft type. Only 14 related to oil contamination and none suggests any...

Countryside and Rights of Way Bill (20 Mar 2000)

Mr Chris Mullin: ...I do not treat it lightly, but I do not think that such problems—which, as he says, do occur—are on quite the scale that some of his colleagues have alleged. I believe that, when the smoke and fury clear, it will all go very quiet, and in a few years' time no one will recall what the fuss was about. I anticipate a day when a Conservative spokesman will come to the Dispatch Box...

Estimates Day: Aviation Safety (16 Dec 1999)

Mr Chris Mullin: ...of safety, to reflect maturely and undertake proper research and analysis before reaching conclusions. Some recommendations might even have an adverse affect on safety. For example, the use of smoke hoods was proposed soon after the Manchester accident, and subsequently. However, it has been suggested that smoke hoods could impede evacuation: if so, they would not necessarily be...

Orders of the Day — Competition Bill [Lords] (11 May 1998)

Mr Chris Mullin: ...going about things unless one is fortunate, as with the case of Tetra Pak and one or two other key European judgments, in finding documents that demonstrate motives. I do not think that we will find the smoking gun in this case. However, the world is not short of ex-Murdoch executives. I have had the benefit of speaking to one or two of them. Some have told me that they heard the man...

Orders of the Day — Intelligence Services Bill [Lords] (22 Feb 1994)

Mr Chris Mullin: ...lunch, I asked who worked in room 103 now that Brigadier Stoneham had retired. All around the table, one could hear the sound of knives and forks hitting plates. Marmaduke, clearly choking on his smoked salmon, said, "Patricia, I think this one is for you". A lady down the other end of the table said that she thought it was a special assistant to the director-general. I asked, "What is his...

Orders of the Day — Right of Reply Bill (3 Feb 1989)

Mr Chris Mullin: ...before the strike began—started a few days later. "We hope he has got a good insurance policy on his cottage," said one caller on 12 January. "We know where the cottage is. It will be up in smoke" said another. The first strike took place on 13 January, and the Daily Express got in on the act with a front-page story headed No wonder Ray Buckton is smiling—rail strike leader...