Results 1-14 of 14 for smoking speaker:John Robertson

[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair] — Electricity (Scotland) (28 Apr 2009)

John Robertson: ...to talk about everything, which includes nuclear. Nuclear will bring a great deal to the party, and it will do a lot to meet the energy needs of the Scottish people at a time when it is needed. The usual smoke screens have been produced as a way of arguing against nuclear—we heard that nuclear generators are bad people who produce horrible waste that we do not know what to do with....

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (3 Jun 2003)

Mr John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action he is taking to combat (a) cancer, (b) cardiovascular disease and (c) other conditions linked to smoking.

Written Answers — Health: Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (20 May 2003)

Mr John Robertson: ...ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he is having with (a) the British Medical Association, (b) his European counterparts and (c) others regarding international measures to reduce smoking.

Written Answers — Health: Air Quality (9 Apr 2003)

Mr John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effects on health of (a) passive smoking and (b) poor air quality.

Health and Safety at Work (8 Apr 2003)

Mr John Robertson: ...are directed against individual employees in an offensive manner and result in those employees being placed outside the workplace community." Another issue that is dear to my heart is the effect of smoking in the workplace on health and safety. There is abundant evidence that breathing other people's tobacco smoke carries serious health risks, even for the children of those who are...

Written Answers — Health: Smoking (15 Jan 2003)

Mr John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action he is taking to discourage smoking in public places.

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Commission of body to study the effects of Act (21 Oct 2002)

Mr John Robertson: ...heard of him. He is big in the Marlboro world and he is probably a personal friend—[Interruption.] I have another point to make. Why should someone who has said that he is totally against smoking want to speak on behalf of someone who has already said that his idea is to entrap young people into taking up smoking? As we know, it takes about 500,000 lives a year in this country alone.

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Commission of body to study the effects of Act (21 Oct 2002)

Mr John Robertson: I thank the hon. Gentleman; I obviously hit the right note—methinks the gentleman protests too much. We must stop children becoming addicted to smoking, and the Bill's provisions are a small price to pay if they stop people making money out of smoking. The sooner we stop tobacco advertising and stop children smoking, the better.

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Commission of body to study the effects of Act (21 Oct 2002)

Mr John Robertson: .... Members had made, and a came across a statement that Mr. Philip Morris had made back in 1981. He said: XToday's teenager is tomorrow's potential regular customer, and the overwhelming majority of smokers first begin to smoke while in their teens. It is during the teenage years that the initial brand choice is made: At least a part of the success of Marlboro Red during its most rapid...

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill [Lords] — New Clause 2 — Commission of body to study the effects of Act (21 Oct 2002)

Mr John Robertson: Will the hon. Gentleman clarify the point he just made? Is he saying that tobacco advertising has no effect on the age group that he mentions and that it does not encourage them to smoke, giving them a chance of dying prematurely?

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill: Penalties (13 Feb 2001)

Mr John Robertson: ...to which the tobacco industry is now stooping. It explains how a woman approached six undergraduates and asked them whether they would like to earn £50. To do so, they would have to go into pubs smoking and—among other criteria that they would have to fulfil—circulate among the other people there. They would have to dress in a glamorous fashion, hand round...

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill: Penalties (13 Feb 2001)

Mr John Robertson: ...to stop them—but I remind the House that the Bill has been introduced because 120,000 people die of tobacco-related illnesses each year. In 1996, 350,000 children aged between 11 and 15 were smoking regularly. I was sympathetic towards the amendment on product placement tabled by the hon. Member for Meriden, and I was sorry that the Government did not see fit to accept it. I fear...

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill (22 Jan 2001)

Mr John Robertson: I want to discuss some of the features of the research paper and to give examples of the effect of smoking on the people of my constituency, Anniesland. I am an asthma sufferer; I carry an inhaler with me at all times. My daughter also suffers from asthma, so I think that I understand what passive smoking does to someone like me. The hon. Member for Basingstoke (Mr. Hunter) said that...

Orders of the Day — Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill (22 Jan 2001)

Mr John Robertson: ...do something. That is a strange view. Surely, if we want to improve things, we need to do something more rather than leaving things as they are. He said that the number of people who were taking up smoking, and who were smoking, was on the increase. My hon. Friend the Member for Rother Valley (Mr. Barron) might argue with the hon. Gentleman on that point. However, if it is true, perhaps we...