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New Member: New Clause 1 — Purchase of tobacco on behalf of children (12 Oct 2009) has video

Joan Walley: ...is well above the national average—of 11 to 16-year-olds who classify themselves as regular smokers? Does she agree that it is right that this Government should do all they can to reduce smoking, including among young people, and that we must go even further than the measures in the Bill?

Written Answers — Health: Health Services (Stoke-on-Trent) (4 Jul 2006)

Joan Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the most recent (a) obesity rate and (b) smoking rate was in (i) Stoke-on-Trent, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.

Orders of the Day — Health Bill (29 Nov 2005)

Joan Walley: ...for the health service, a substantial body of medical opinion called for bans such as those in the Bill. I congratulate the Government on going so far with what will hopefully be a landmark Bill on smoking. After 18 years of Tory Government, we should now make as much progress as possible. The Bill could have gone much further than a partial ban on smoking. As I said in an intervention, my...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (23 Mar 2004)

Ms Joan Walley: ...will welcome that move in the Budget. My hon. Friend the Member for Ochil (Mr. O'Neill) talked about the Scotch Whisky Association, and that reminded me that Budgets in the past were often just about smoking and drinking. Whatever he might say about the changes that he would like for Scotch whisky, I have read the small print of the Budget and I am pleased. The Campaign for Real Ale has...

Written Answers — Transport: Workplace Smoking (22 Jul 2002)

Ms Joan Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on his plans to implement a code of practice on smoking in the workplace; and what consultation there has been with trade unions, health welfare and medical organisations on this issue.

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Workplace Smoking (25 Mar 2002)

Ms Joan Walley: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects to announce the outcome of the consultation by the panel for regulatory accountability in respect of the approved code of practice on workplace smoking.

Written Answers — Health: Smoking Cessation (23 Nov 2001)

Ms Joan Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will announce his decision in respect of funding for smoking cessation for (a) 2002–03 and (b) subsequent years in respect of the North Staffordshire health authority; and if he will make a statement.

Energy Tax (20 Jul 1999)

Ms Joan Walley: The right hon. Gentleman talks about a smoke screen, but does he agree that we desperately need an international agreement to deal with carbon dioxide emissions and global warming? Does he not realise how important it is to ensure that the United Kingdom plays a leading part in that?

Health Inequality (25 Feb 1998)

Ms Joan Walley: ..., never falling below 10 per 1,000. Contributory factors include poor nutrition, social deprivation, teenage pregnancy—there is a high risk of teenage pregnancy in North Staffordshire—smoking and drinking alcohol during pregnancy, and inadequate standards of obstetric and paediatric care. Such inadequate standards have been identified as causes of some deaths in confidential...

Orders of the Day — Control of Smoke Pollution Bill (14 Apr 1989)

Ms Joan Walley: In view of the issue as to how smoke control can be monitored, I am happy to have an opportunity to show the crisis that exists within HMIP. On air pollution legislation, the sanitised version of the first annual report says: Inspectors made 9,134 visits to or in connection with scheduled works in 1987–88 (8,723 in 1987) compared with 9,391 in 1986. It is plain that there has been a...

Orders of the Day — Control of Smoke Pollution Bill (14 Apr 1989)

Ms Joan Walley: ..., I believe that you, Mr. Speaker, have been placed in a very difficult situation. Obviously there is no way in which the situation can be redeemed in respect of the Bill and of the whole issue of smoke control and related matters of air pollution. However, I wonder whether you could discuss the situation with whoever has responsibility for such matters, to ensure that the House will face...

Air Pollution (23 Feb 1989)

Ms Joan Walley: ...Bromwich pay its way. A major factor there was that, while the Department of Energy was encouraging such programmes, the Department of the Environment declined to issue an exemption certificate under the Clean Air Act for the fuel pellets. Birmingham is covered by a smoke control order which prohibits the burning of smoke-generating fuel. Clearly, this lack of co-ordination between the...

Social Security System (Changes) (13 Apr 1988)

Ms Joan Walley: ...so many other people are with similar problems. They say we will be better off—how? Why can't they stop living in their own world and see how people really are struggling just to live on the poverty line? We don't smoke, drink and have not had a holiday in 8 years because we couldn't afford it and at Christmas it's heartbreaking to receive gifts and not be able to buy anything back...

Upholstered Furniture (Fire Resistance) (11 Jan 1988)

Ms Joan Walley: Will the Minister make arrangements for smoke detectors to be made available to those who cannot afford the high cost of the new furniture? Finally, will regulations be made to cover secondhand furniture and the sale of secondhand furniture?