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Dangerous Drugs (29 Oct 2003): Mr Mark Oaten: I do not think that we differ on this issue. It seems absolutely clear that, under existing class C powers, if people are smoking cannabis and walk into a post office and blow smoke into a policeman's face, the police could do as I just said: warn, caution, issue and, ultimately, take the case to court. So those powers are in place already, and I do not understand why the Government want to...
Asthma (16 Jun 1999): Mr Mark Oaten: ...and schools said that they had in place a protocol on what to do if a child has an asthma attack in school. To my surprise and horror, almost half the LEAs said that they did not have a commitment to a no-smoking policy in school—which is surely one of the causes of asthma attacks. I hope that, when the study is complete, the organisation involved will send the findings to the...
Orders of the Day — Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Bill (23 Apr 1999): Mr Mark Oaten: ...know that concern about the criteria for adoption is widespread. We do hear of strange-sounding rulings, with people being turned down as adopters on the ground of their size or the fact that they smoke. However, you would rule me out of order if I took that path, Mr. Deputy Speaker, because that is an issue for a separate debate. Parents express to me their concern that the people who are...

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