Results 1-20 of 41 for smoking speaker:Barry Sheerman

Debate on the Address: Health and Education (11 Dec 2008) has video

Barry Sheerman: ...rather like the child trust funds. Earlier, the Liberal Democrat spokesman, the hon. Member for North Norfolk, spoke about tobacco. Along with other hon. Members, I campaigned for many years on the smoking and tobacco issue. We were trying to change the culture associated with tobacco use and smoking, and that meant that we had to tackle advertising, education and every aspect of trying to...

Written Answers — Health: Smoking: Railway and other Stations (2 May 2007)

Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she has taken with (a) train, bus and coach operators and (b) Network Rail to inform passengers of the introduction of a ban on smoking at railway and other stations.

Written Answers — Transport: Railway Stations: Smoking (27 Apr 2007)

Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will develop a joint strategy with the Secretary of State for Health to inform rail passengers about the imminent introduction of the ban on smoking on station premises; (2) what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) Network Rail and (b) train operators make an early start in informing their passengers of the forthcoming ban on...

Written Answers — Transport: Railway Stations: Smoking (21 Feb 2007)

Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to encourage the early designation of railways and bus stations as non-smoking areas.

Written Answers — Transport: Smoking Ban (Railway Stations) (25 Jul 2006)

Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with (a) Network Rail and (b) train operators on the introduction of the ban on smoking in railway stations in 2007.

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

Barry Sheerman: ...I have been companions in arms on the matter for a long time and have been called a lot of names—I suppose that "puritans" was one of the nicest. Hon. Members have called the Bill a ban on smoking. It is not a ban on smoking, but a line in the sand that says that we will from now start a new culture in our country in which people realise that smoking kills them, or seriously affects...

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

Barry Sheerman: ...party because I thought that protecting workers' health was one of our fundamental principles. Is not this also about changing the culture? That is why it is important to take the clubs out as smoking venues: we want to change the culture of how people perceive their leisure and their fun. It is important to have smoke-free leisure and smoke-free fun.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (20 Jul 2005)

Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of people who fell ill as a result of second hand smoke in (a) Huddersfield, (b) the West Yorkshire primary care trust area and (c) England in the last period for which figures are available; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the NHS in each of these areas of treating people with diseases caused by...

Written Answers — Treasury: Smoking (5 Jul 2005)

Barry Sheerman: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research he has evaluated on the cost to the economy of (a) loss of workforce through smoking-related illness and (b) loss of working hours through smoking breaks.

Business of the House (26 May 2005)

Barry Sheerman: Can my right hon. Friend give the House an indication of how quickly we can vote on smoking in public places, which affects many people in this country and, even more importantly, workers' health? I have always approached the issue from the protection of workers' health angle. I do not like bans, but do not believe that people who work in bars, cafés, restaurants and clubs should be...

Health and Education (30 Nov 2004)

Mr Barry Sheerman: ...is not in his place, because if he were I would say to him in public what I have said to him in private. I came to this House to protect people in the workplace, and the evidence shows that passive smoking not only kills but causes dreadful ill health and means a much shorter life for the many people who have to breathe in other people's smoke while at work. I have always believed that if...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Health and Safety Executive (7 Jun 2004)

Mr Barry Sheerman: ...? Is it not time we gave it some real independence? I understand that the HSE would dearly like to campaign and to push the Government into doing something about protecting workers from passive smoking at work, but that the Government are leaning on it to be quiet. If that is true, it is a disgrace. Is it not about time the Government grasped the nettle and protected workers?

Obesity: Passive smoking (12 Feb 2004)

Mr Barry Sheerman: What plans the Government have to introduce legislation to protect people at work from the effects of passive smoking.

Obesity: Passive smoking (12 Feb 2004)

Mr Barry Sheerman: ...that our great party came into existence to protect workers' rights, and their health and safety must be part of those rights. There are many people whose health is under daily attack from passive smoking. The health of people working in restaurants, bars and clubs comes under great pressure and deteriorates. Much research, including this week's report, shows that smoking is linked to...

Obesity: Coronary Heart Disease (12 Feb 2004)

Mr Barry Sheerman: Does my hon. Friend agree that the link between smoking and coronary heart disease is very strong, and is she able to give her colleagues any evidence of a lack of public support for a ban on smoking in work and public places? The polls that I have seen suggest widespread support for a ban.

Written Answers — Transport: Trains (Smoking) (29 Oct 2003)

Mr Barry Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what steps he is taking to persuade GNER to follow the example of Virgin Rail in banning smoking on all trains; (2) what plans he has to bring together the Health and Safety Executive, train operators and Network Rail to discuss the impact on public health of smoking at railway stations and on trains.

Smoking (Public Places) (14 Oct 2003)

Mr Barry Sheerman: Although my hon. Friend is expounding a brilliant set of facts, we still have a Government who refuse to ban smacking and smoking in pre-school nursery settings. We have the information, and if we believe it we should surely deliver on it. Campaigners within the Chamber and outside are waiting for her to explain what will be done to protect children and workers in particular, since they are...

Smoking (Public Places) (14 Oct 2003)

Mr Barry Sheerman: ...stand. People who work in restaurants, pubs and clubs are very vulnerable, and that is particularly true of those who really are at the edge, in rooms where there is constantly a great deal of smoke day after day, year after year. Why should that group of workers be subjected to poisonous fumes that will affect their health and do them great damage? Surely, this is not just about the...

Smoking (Public Places) (14 Oct 2003)

Mr Barry Sheerman: ...have one of the most sophisticated and advanced democracies in the world? That is what we always tell ourselves. Other countries have grappled with the issue, come to a balanced decision and banned smoking in public places. With common sense and good legislation, that works. Is he saying that this democracy cannot manage to do that?

Smoking (Public Places) (14 Oct 2003)

Mr Barry Sheerman: ...places? If one is serious about protecting workers in public places, that must include pubs, bars, restaurants, clubs, railway stations and trains. If the health of workers is to be protected, smoking cannot occur in any of those places. The hon. Gentleman cannot have his cake and eat it.