Results 1-6 of 6 for smoking speaker:David Ruffley
- Deferred Division: Crime (London) (23 Apr 2008) has video
David Ruffley: ...a problem, as has been demonstrated both in Putney and in Bromley. The TfL behaviour code defines antisocial behaviour in ways we would all recognise—using offensive or threatening language, smoking, playing music very loudly, damaging or defacing photo cards, physical or verbal abuse, unlawfully carrying a weapon and drug use. TfL figures show the staggering statistic that 65 per...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: GDP Growth (27 Mar 2003)
Mr David Ruffley: Last November, the Chancellor tried to explain away his dodgy forecasts by using smoke and mirrors. When next month he has to explain away that he has got his figures wrong for a second time, will he hide behind the fog of war?
- Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Commission of body to study the effects of Act (21 Oct 2002)
Mr David Ruffley: ...Loughton). The clause is not about support for increased tobacco consumption. It is entirely consistent with Her Majesty's Opposition's view that we should reduce the number of deaths from tobacco smoking. It is consistent with our public health policy to make sure that tobacco consumption should not increase and with our policy that children should not smoke and should not have further...
- Public Bill Committee: Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords]: Clause 9 - Prohibition of free distributions (14 May 2002)
Mr David Ruffley: I am a nearly reformed smoker who smoked both Silk Cut and Marlboro Lights cigarettes, and I cannot recall coming across any of the coupons that the hon. Gentleman describes. I am not making a judgment about the merits of such coupons; I am fascinated by what he says. However, given my experiences, it is not clear to me that coupons are widespread. That is why I intervened earlier. Perhaps...
- Public Bill Committee: Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords]: Clause 3 - Advertising: newspapers, periodicals etc (9 May 2002)
Mr David Ruffley: ...of mind, see the Bill and find it offensive for ideological reasons, and want to strike a blow for the freedom of manufacturers to advertise a product that is not illegal; it is not unlawful to smoke cigarettes. Such a newsletter might then be disseminated across the city of Birmingham or, more likely, somewhere like St. Andrews. Is the Minister comfortable allowing something like that to...
- Orders of the Day — Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (15 Mar 1999)
Mr David Ruffley: ...I have referred. The Budget was received with a certain amount of euphoria, but since last Wednesday there has been a cascade of critical commentary to the effect that the Budget was produced with smoke and mirrors; that it gave with one hand and took with another; that it was a pick-pocketing Budget; and that it was not all that it seemed. But Ministers on the Treasury Front Bench are...