Results 1-8 of 8 for smoking speaker:Jim Murphy

Public Bill Committee: Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords]: Clause 9 - Prohibition of free distributions (14 May 2002)

Mr Jim Murphy: ...my mother helped stock cigarettes into cartons and boxes in the cigarette processing plant in Glasgow. I have declared my interest and made more confessions. On Second Reading, I admitted to having smoked and to a dubious taste in music. My family connection with the industry only strengthens my support for the action that the Government are taking in the clause. We have discussed...

Public Bill Committee: Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords]: Clause 9 - Prohibition of free distributions (14 May 2002)

Mr Jim Murphy: ...such issues, among other things. It is fairly clear that it is a little doll, given in return for spending hundreds of pounds on tobacco products, polluting the household, encouraging passive smoking and passive contraction of diseases. By way of compensation, one can reward a child with a little squeezy doll. I am identifying the purpose and effect of coupon programmes. A travel cot can...

Public Bill Committee: Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords]: Clause 9 - Prohibition of free distributions (14 May 2002)

Mr Jim Murphy: ...in their mind. Another example of the enormous pressure and incentives used to increase consumption of tobacco comes from the same wonderful colour brochure. If one spends more than £2,500 smoking more than 10,000 cigarettes, one qualifies for a cardiovascular workout mini-step. How remarkable.

Public Bill Committee: Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords]: Clause 9 - Prohibition of free distributions (14 May 2002)

Mr Jim Murphy: ...package frontages show the brands to which one would have to be loyal in order to receive the gifts. They are a widely used incentive, the effect of which is to encourage greater levels of smoking. The coupons are available to many families throughout the country, including mine. They are a widely used marketing tool that encourages a degree of brand loyalty and—more importantly for...

Public Bill Committee: Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords]: Clause 9 - Prohibition of free distributions (14 May 2002)

Mr Jim Murphy: I have a letter from Benson and Hedges about its coupon regime. As a non-smoker, I am well aware that Benson and Hedges is a considerable market player. My father did not, and does not, smoke Benson and Hedges, but there are coupons in the cigarettes that he purchases, too. I gather that they are widespread, and their effect is to encourage and increase consumption of tobacco products. I...

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] (29 Apr 2002)

Mr Jim Murphy: I am delighted to participate in the debate. Like many Conservative Members, I wish to register my own interest: when I was younger than 16, I was a smoker. To this day, I have never admitted it to my family. [Interruption.] I expect that they are not listening and watching this evening. My mother and father would not be very happy. I have no idea why I took up smoking. I think it had more to...

Opposition Day: Football (Disorder) Bill (13 Jul 2000)

Mr Jim Murphy: ...which I hope will listen and act. The only other Scottish issue is that many Scottish supporters, including me, often travel abroad via London. I have the advantage of being the only teetotal, non-smoking vegetarian Member of Parliament from Scotland—I lead a very exciting life—but I do not represent the archetypal perception, or misconception, of Scots. Many Scots with whom I...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation: Windfall Tax (2 Jul 1997)

Mr Jim Murphy: ...Thornliebank who set up a printing company. They pre-empted by more than 100 years the current Prime Minister's commitment to the environment and ethical industries. Theirs was one of the first smoke-free factories. They employed a local doctor, and built local housing, schools and recreation facilities. Alexander Crum went on to become a Liberal Member of Parliament in 1880. I want to...