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New clause 2: Enforcement Action by Local Authorities in Scotland (19 Apr 1991)

Mr Alan Williams: ...'s point entirely, but are we not now in the fatuous situation, as a result of the protestations of the hon. Member for Bedfordshire, North (Sir T. Skeet), where the campaign to stop children from smoking has become the moral responsibility of everyone except the tobacco industry? The one sector which appears to have no moral obligation is that which, due to its odious dishonesty about the...

Prayers: Overseas Development (14 Dec 1990)

Mr Alan Williams: ...shareholders. I shall conclude with three brief quotations to demonstrate the problem that we face. The first is from The Sunday Times of 13 May. A BAT spokesman said: BAT's policy is very clear. Our view is that smoking has not been established to he the cause of disease. The second quotation is from the firm handling the advertising, which states: Our view is that if you can buy...

Orders of the Day — Water (Fluoridation) Bill (14 Jan 1985)

Mr Alan Williams: ...in any form on others unless a special legal process has been undertaken through the courts. The hon. Member for Ynys Môn (Mr. Best) made a legitimate point when he asked why we had not banned smoking. It was suggested that we have not banned it because people like to smoke. I ask my hon. Friend the Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) to pass me a glass of water.

Orders of the Day — Water (Fluoridation) Bill (14 Jan 1985)

Mr Alan Williams: It has been said that we should not ban smoking because people like to smoke. We have said to those who like to smoke marijuana that we shall not allow them to do so. We have recently imprisoned someone who liked taking cocaine. It seems that it was not his intention to peddle it to others but to take it himself, and we said that he should not do so. That argument is not tenable. The hon....

Minister for the Civil Service (Transfer of Functions) (20 Jan 1982)

Mr Alan Williams: ...of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. An hon. Member has just meandered into the Chamber and he is clearly utterly uninterested in the debate and is carrying on a conversation as if he is still in the smoke-room. Could he not be asked to either listen to the debate or, at least, accord to hon. Members the courtesy to go back from whence he came?

New Clause 3: Meaning of 'consumer Trade Practice' (16 May 1973)

Mr Alan Williams: ...justify this in morality on the health impact? At a sales conference in London last week, an area marketing manager told salesmen: Extra Mild are so mild and tasteless they could put people off smoking for good. It might be a good thing if they sold more widely rather than less so. Here is a deliberate attempt to frustrate the efforts being made at public expense to win the public away...