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Business of the House (11 Dec 2008) has video

Betty Williams: ...House authorities about an important matter? A few weeks ago, Scope had an event in the Terrace Pavilion. Most of the representatives were wheelchair bound and had to go through a designated smoking area to gain access to that part of the Palace. That is disgraceful and totally unacceptable. Will my right hon. and learned Friend have another look at that so that we show the rest of the...

Business of the House (5 Jul 2007)

Betty Williams: May I also welcome my right hon. and learned Friend to her new post and wish her well? Will she hold urgent talks with the House authorities on smoking in the Palace of Westminster, and in particular, on the way in which the system is already being abused? I would be happy to show her the locations.

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

Betty Williams: Does my hon. Friend not remember the train operating companies' system, with a no-smoking section and a smoking section in each train? The doors were not secure enough to keep the smoke away from non-smokers, and the only way to get round that was to ban smoking altogether on all trains.

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

Betty Williams: ...does she think that it is fair that workers and the public in England should be treated differently from Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland? Will she take into consideration the content of the Smoking in Public Places (Wales) Bill, which my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff, North (Julie Morgan) presented in the last parliamentary Session?

Orders of the Day — Smoking in Public Places (Wales) Bill (18 Mar 2005)

Mrs Betty Williams: ...her on the stand that she has taken on this issue. She has worked hard for many years on it. Given the proposals in the health White Paper published earlier this year for a partial ban on smoking in public places, some might wonder about the need for the legislation that is being proposed today. However, I believe that the Government's proposals strengthen the case for this Bill. Every...

Orders of the Day — Smoking in Public Places (Wales) Bill (18 Mar 2005)

Mrs Betty Williams: ...certainly a step in the right direction, which is why we are saying what we are this morning. I shall certainly rejoice if my hon. Friend's Bill gives the National Assembly an opportunity to ban smoking in public places in Wales, and I invite Members to support that move.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (30 Jan 2002)

Mrs Betty Williams: Will my right hon. Friend join me and other hon. Members in supporting No Smoking day, and set an example to the whole nation by joining the campaign to ban smoking in all rooms in the House where we meet?