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Public Bill Committee: Health Bill: Clause 3 - Exemptions (8 Dec 2005)

Ann Winterton: With this it will be convenient to discuss new clause 1—Voluntary prohibition— ‘The appropriate national authority may, by regulations, provide that prohibition of smoking under Part 1 should not come into effect in respect of classes of premises that have implemented a voluntary prohibition of smoking that has ensured that:— (e)where the premises is open to the public...

Public Bill Committee: Health Bill: Clause 3 - Exemptions (8 Dec 2005)

Ann Winterton: ...national authority shall, following consultation with the Health and Safety Commission and such persons as they consider appropriate, set maximum permitted occupational exposure limits to smoke or any constituent part thereof for any premise which would otherwise be smoke-free but permits smoking at any time by virtue of regulations issued under subsection (3).’. No. 61, in clause 3,...

Public Bill Committee: Health Bill: Clause 3 - Exemptions (8 Dec 2005)

Ann Winterton: ...national authority shall, following consultation with the Health and Safety Commission and such persons as they consider appropriate, set maximum permitted occupational exposure limits to smoke or any constituent part thereof for any premise which would otherwise be smoke-free but permits smoking at any time by virtue of regulations issued under subsection (3).’. No. 61, in clause 3,...

Written Answers — Health: Schizophrenia (21 Jul 2004)

Ann Winterton: ...(b) the effects of cannabis use on schizophrenia sufferers; and if he will make a statement; (2) if his Department will commission further research into (a) the possible link between the regular smoking of cannabis with schizophrenia and (b) the effects of cannabis on schizophrenia sufferers; and if he will make a statement.

Illegal Drugs (21 Mar 2001)

Mrs Ann Winterton: ..., including increased heart rate, lower blood pressure, damage to the respiratory system and development of lung cancer. There is a 20 to 30-year latency period between the initiation of regular smoking and the development of cancer. Decriminalisation of cannabis will hugely increase the numbers of people who smoke on a regular basis. Thirty years down the track, we will see further lung...

Petitions: Drugs (2 Jun 1999)

Mrs Ann Winterton: ...Disorders reported that no scientific studies had shown marijuana to have had beneficial effects on multiple sclerosis patients. In 1994, research by Greenberg et al. concluded that marijuana smoking impairs coordination and balance in patients with spastic MS. In addition, a National Cancer Institute report stated that newer anti-emetic drugs, such as Ondansetron, had been shown to be...

Petitions: Drugs (2 Jun 1999)

Mrs Ann Winterton: ..., is less harmful than alcohol and cigarettes must be challenged. It never ceases to amaze me that among a multitude of messages emanating from the Department of Health about the dangers of smoking tobacco, almost nothing is said about the dangers of smoking cannabis. Cannabis is more carcinogenic than cigarettes, and its active ingredient, THC, is retained far longer than alcohol or...

Orders of the Day — Abortifacient Drug (Licence) (22 Jul 1991)

Mrs Ann Winterton: ...Barking spoke of the rigorous checks made by the committee which licensed the drug and the way in which it was introduced in France, where restrictions were put on its use. Is she happy that in France people who smoke heavily, whatever that may mean, or have a heart condition will not be allowed to have that drug, but that in this country no such restrictions are placed on its use? It...

Petitions: Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Warnock Report) (23 Nov 1984)

Mrs Ann Winterton: ...the advisability of launching a campaign warning of the real and dreadful dangers of sexually transmitted diseases to the young. The Health Education Council, which is so voluble on the dangers of smoking, for example, is deafeningly silent on the subject. The widespread use of contraceptive drugs and devices by young women that can have serious long-term effects on their fertility, the...