Results 1-8 of 8 for smoking speaker:Paul Goodman

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 6 (10 May 2007)

Paul Goodman: ...is obviously a relationship between those factors. The case for large increases in duties, which I think my hon. Friend the Member for Ludlow hinted at last year, is that they will help to reduce smoking and, on paper at least, bring in more revenue for public services. The case for lower rates, freezes or even cuts, which was hinted at last year by my hon. Friend the Member for...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: (Except clauses 1, 3, 7, 8, 12, 20, 21, 25, 67 and 81 to 84, schedules 1, 18, 22 and 23, and new clauses relating to microgeneration) - Clause 5 (10 May 2007)

Paul Goodman: The Financial Secretary has quoted at least one survey on the effect of the smoking ban, but the British Beer and Pub Association has claimed that sales fell by 7 per cent. in Ireland. Has the Treasury studied the effect of the ban in Ireland? Can he confirm the figure that I have given?

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 5 (8 May 2007)

Paul Goodman: ...year’s debate. Although that debate was brief, it is fair to say that it was rather more sympathetic to the cause of wine than to the causeof beer. The context this year is a bit different. The smoking ban in pubs and clubs is due to come into effect in July. The British Beer and Pub Association argues that the ban will have a disproportionate effect on beer sales and, in particular,...

Public Bill Committee: Finance (No.2) Bill: Clause 1 (9 May 2006)

Paul Goodman: .... Stepping away from the issue of smuggling and the perils of becoming entangled in clause 2, we, like the Government, believe that it is right in principle to use the tax system to discourage smoking. It is also reasonable, in principle, to use taxes on tobacco to raise revenue. We also note that the consumption of tobacco continues to decline, albeit slowly, and that the Treasury has...

Public Bill Committee: Finance (No.2) Bill: Clause 1 (9 May 2006)

Paul Goodman: ...duty. We need to explore the effectiveness of that strategy in some detail. Any tax needs to be effective; it must achieve its aims. The Financial Secretary made it clear that the aim is to discourage smoking. That is an aim that we share. However, he did not mention the other aim of the clause, which is to raise revenue for the Exchequer—[Interruption.] He did. I apologise to him....

Public Bill Committee: Finance (No.2) Bill: Clause 1 (9 May 2006)

Paul Goodman: ...they were considering closing. Some 71 per cent. were aware of tobacco smuggling in their area, 35 per cent. were aware of counterfeit tobacco smuggling and 20 per cent. knew of smugglers who supplied underage smokers. A total of 90 per cent. thought that the Government were not doing enough to help retailers affected by smuggling—I suppose that when surveyed people always tend to...

Health Funding (Buckinghamshire) (10 Feb 2004)

Mr Paul Goodman: ...regime make things worse rather than better because of their inflexibility. As a knock-on, the PCT is affected if the trust misses targets and therefore loses stars. For example, Wycombe PCT has targets relating to smoking cessation and to acute care. That seems reasonable. However, the targets are given the same weight—the PCT can incur serious financial loss if it misses the...

Gambling (5 Jul 2002)

Mr Paul Goodman: ...gambling are concerned, people tend to divide pretty neatly into cavaliers and roundheads. The roundheads tend to argue that alcohol duties should be hiked, cigarette advertising banned completely, smoking banned in public, a war on drugs prosecuted vigorously, and all gambling curtailed. The cavaliers tend to argue that alcohol duties should be slashed, cigarette advertisement warnings...