Results 1-20 of 23 for smoking speaker:Anthony Steen

Written Answers — Health: Smoking Ban (6 Feb 2007)

Anthony Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what ways she plans to assess the effectiveness of the legislation banning smoking in public places.

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Tobacco Duty (14 Oct 2004)

Mr Anthony Steen: If he will commission research to assess the impact on revenues from duty on tobacco of Government initiatives to seek to reduce levels of smoking.

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Tobacco Duty (14 Oct 2004)

Mr Anthony Steen: I am a long-term campaigner to restrict smoking in public places. Bearing in mind that hon. Members on both sides of the House have taken their positions, will the Economic Secretary tell the House whether he is in favour of people smoking themselves to death in restaurants, not to mention passive smoking, so long as it brings in a healthy sum to the Treasury?

Dartmoor National Park (Military Exercises) (15 Oct 2003)

Mr Anthony Steen: ...should not happen on Dartmoor. I do not object to dry training, even though it is a little disconcerting for those picnicking on the moor to get mixed up in training programmes, especially when smoke mortars are fired and dozens of commandos appear out of puffs of smoke. As one is enjoying one's thermos of hot tea, one suddenly finds 200 commandos coming down—the Assyrians coming...

Dietary Salt (25 Jun 2003)

Mr Anthony Steen: ...of those deaths as well as for substantial illness and disabilities. High salt intake is overwhelmingly linked to high blood pressure; the evidence is now as stark and dramatic as the evidence that smoking kills. There are warnings on cigarette packets; there should be warnings on food products that contain high levels of salt. The Government should insist that they carry a statement such...

Radon Gas (South Devon) (30 Jan 2002)

Mr Anthony Steen: ...-Jakob disease. Over the past three years, the number has crept up to about 80 people a year. In contrast, lung cancer causes about 37,000 deaths a year, of which 33,000 are attributable to smoking and 2,000 to 3,000 attributable to radon gas. That puts the matter into perspective. Radon is a naturally occurring odourless and colourless gas that is formed by the radioactive decay of...

Adjournment (Summer) (21 Jul 1999)

Mr Anthony Steen: ...phones generate much heat. The implication is that masts might also generate heat and, being so close to people's homes, affect the bodies of those who live near them. We now know that heat from the sun is carcinogenic, that smoking gives off heat and causes cancer and that there is a risk that mobile phones cause cancers and growths. There must be a risk that mobile phone towers give off...

Adjournment (Summer) (21 Jul 1999)

Mr Anthony Steen: ...people rely on the restaurant car when travelling to Cornwall, and it is a great disappointment and a cause of considerable friction when the advertised facilities are not provided. Finally, the smoking saga on Great Western deserves a mention. If one happens to be a first-class passenger at the weekend, one cannot avoid sitting in a smoking coach. People pour in from every part of the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Smoking (18 Feb 1997)

Mr Anthony Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what new initiatives he plans to take to draw attention to the damage to health caused by smoking [14727]

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Smoking (18 Feb 1997)

Mr Anthony Steen: Is my hon. Friend aware that non-smokers have absolutely no choice in public places but to inhale other people's smoke, whether in a railway coach or a restaurant? He might consider the Singapore experience, which has been very successful: little plastic see-through igloos are built in public places and are the sole place where smokers may smoke, and the public can look in and see who is...

Fire Safety (11 Dec 1996)

Mr Anthony Steen: ...—25 measures in the past nine years, including an Act of Parliament. There are teams of fire inspectors, spending a total of 1.8 million hours a year enforcing existing regulations. We have smoke detectors, fire alarms and fire stations around nearly every corner. Firemen are poised to respond within seconds to any call. The cost to the taxpayer of that fire operation is £1.38...

Deregulation (No. 3) (26 Oct 1993)

Mr Anthony Steen: ...that there will be little room for passengers. He also has to find room for an additional 12 flares, two additional hand-held VHF radios—in plastic bags, of course—and four hand-held smoke flares. Furthermore, all the lifebelts will have to be fitted with radar-reflective tapes. The cost will be more than £18,000. Mr. Perrett is a reasonable man. It is only 4·5 miles...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Health Green Paper (12 May 1992)

Mr Anthony Steen: I welcome the excellent Green Paper, particularly as it points out the need to reduce smoking in all age groups. Bearing in mind that some 60 per cent. of patients in hospitals are there because of some smoking or smoking-related disease, does my right hon. Friend agree that we should ban smoking in public places or at least cordon off an area so that smokers can enjoy smoking without...

Orders of the Day — Smoking (23 Apr 1991)

Mr Anthony Steen: ...wholeheartedly support what he has said. He made a cracking speech, and it is a great shame that more people did not hear it. My hon. Friend said that the polluter must be sharply reminded that smoking is damaging, dangerous and unacceptable to other people. There is also a carrot: those who administer and organise public places such as restaurants, hotels and cafes should realise that,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Smoked Salmon (6 Mar 1991)

Mr Anthony Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to introduce temperature controls on the distribution of smoked salmon produced in Scotland and posted from there.

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Smoked Salmon (6 Mar 1991)

Mr Anthony Steen: ...whether they were needed. Does the Minister agree that the Government seem to be getting more and more neurotic and hysterical about food hygiene? Are there any known cases of food poisoning from smoked salmon, smoked cheese or any other smoked products? Will he confirm that he will ease off making regulations until thorough research has been done showing that there is evidence of food...

Orders of the Day — Environmental Protection Bill: Exempt Places (2 May 1990)

Mr Anthony Steen: I imagine that the hon. Gentleman travels, as we all do, on trains and planes. Does he agree that in the past 10 years the non-smoking areas in trains and planes are full and the smoking areas are increasingly empty? Does he further agree that that needs to be reflected in our public transport policy with more places for non-smokers and designated pens for smokers?

Orders of the Day — Environmental Protection Bill: Exempt Places (2 May 1990)

Mr Anthony Steen: The issue is not the danger about which the hon. Member for Rotherham (Mr. Crowther) spoke, but the simple one that I do not like smokers. I do not like the smell of smoke, which makes my eyes water and my clothes smell and causes me to lose my voice. The smoking sections on British Rail are so open to the non-smoking section that, as I travel up and down to Devon, this dreadful smell of...

Orders of the Day — Environmental Protection Bill: Exempt Places (2 May 1990)

Mr Anthony Steen: My hon. Friend's intervention illustrates the intolerance and indifference of some to others in this place. He has shown that pipe smokers and cigarette smokers have no idea of the discomfort that it may cause to others. That, of course, applies also to cigar smokers. My hon. Friend has shown that he has no idea of the anger, irritation and discomfort that he creates by his pipe smoking. The...

Orders of the Day — Environmental Protection Bill: Exempt Places (2 May 1990)

Mr Anthony Steen: That is right. The Government could do a great service to the nation by ensuring that the vast majority of people who do not smoke do not have the pipe smoke of my hon. Friend the Member for Selly Oak imposed on them in the way that he would wish.