Results 1-11 of 11 for smoking speaker:Henry Bellingham

[Mr. Peter Atkinson in the Chair] — Pleural Plaques (4 Jun 2008)

Henry Bellingham: ...lung disease, confirmed that pleural plaques were not prevalent in the general male population and were an indicator of asbestos exposure. In other words, one cannot develop pleural plaques passively or as a result of smoking or other activities. They were quite adamant in their advice on the House of Lords case. On the other hand, the House of Lords quoted other medical experts, including...

Amendment of the Law: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (17 Mar 2008)

Henry Bellingham: ...pubs or public houses, which are so often the focal point in villages. Up and down the country, 56 pubs are closing every month. They are being sold off for housing or for development and they are faced with many problems arising from the smoking ban, the availability of cheap drink in supermarkets, the impact of the breathalyser and so on. I am not saying that we should not have had some...

Pleural Plaques Victims (Compensation) (23 Jan 2008)

Henry Bellingham: ...that pleural plaques were not prevalent in the general male population and were an indicator of asbestos exposure. In other words, one cannot develop pleural plaques through passive action, or as the result of smoking or other activities. However, there are other experts, for example Dr. John Moore Gillan, who is president of the British Lung Foundation, and Dr. Robin Rudd, who is a...

Written Answers — Home Department: Prisons: Drugs (8 May 2007)

Henry Bellingham: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the impact of the introduction of total smoking bans in those prison establishments where such a ban has been imposed on rates of positive tests for (a) cannabis and (b) hard drugs; what the impact has been on numbers of incidents of trafficking of illegal items into those prisons; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Home Department: Prisons: Tobacco (24 Apr 2007)

Henry Bellingham: ...made of the black market currency value of (a) a single cigarette, (b) a standard packet of 20 cigarettes and (c) 50 grams of hand-rolling tobacco in each prison establishment where a total no smoking ban has been introduced; and if he will make a statement.

Public Bill Committee: Drugs Bill: New clause 1 - Inclusion of khat as a Class A drug (3 Feb 2005)

Mr Henry Bellingham: ...in my constituency, people who work in drug treatment and members of the primary care trust. They are also concerned that the signal being sent to recreational cannabis users is that it is okay to smoke cannabis, as it has been reclassified. People are confused and the police are confused. I would like far more analysis of those areas where we know a problem exists and where there has been...

Fire and Rescue Services Bill (26 Jan 2004)

Mr Henry Bellingham: ...and for more emphasis on prevention, as the Bain report outlined. Furthermore, I entirely accept that terrorism does not respect county boundaries. I am pleased to see in the Bill the emphasis on smoke alarms. I did not know the statistics until the Minister pointed out that 24 per cent. of households do not have such alarms, and that, if they did, 150 more lives would be saved. That is of...

Smoke Detectors Bill: Relaxation of Requirement as to Smoke Detectors (5 Jul 1991)

Mr Henry Bellingham: .... We all agree that there must be some exceptions. For example, when refurbishing historic homes or other buildings of considerable importance to our heritage it would be out of place to have smoke detectors on a Grinling Gibbons ceiling. Those exceptions and exemptions must be kept to a bare minimum. We are talking about lives being at stake. On average every year 700 people die in...

Smoke Detectors Bill: Relaxation of Requirement as to Smoke Detectors (5 Jul 1991)

Mr Henry Bellingham: ...to usurp your position, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I hope that you will forgive me for that impertinence. The Norfolk fire service has devised several extremely important initiatives. One of those, its smoke detector campaign, has been running for two and a half years. As a result, 47 per cent. of all dwellings in Norfolk now have smoke detectors. That is 15 per cent. above the national average....

Smoke Detectors Bill: Relaxation of Requirement as to Smoke Detectors (5 Jul 1991)

Mr Henry Bellingham: ...is consulted is at the core of the Bill. It has the experts. I have already mentioned the Norfolk fire service, which has a superb record of informing the public and presenting the case for smoke detectors. The fire service has the professionals and the experts and they need to be consulted. I commend the amendment to the House.

Oral Answers to Questions — Social Services: Smoking (25 Mar 1986)

Mr Henry Bellingham: Is my right hon. Friend aware that one of the main reasons for the big increase in smoking in schools is the reluctance and inability of headmasters to apply the necessary sanctions? What advice will my right hon. Friend give to headmasters?