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Points of Order: Topical Debate — Drug Strategy (3 Apr 2008) has video

John Mann: ..., and the research on this will soon come through to show—it is only just emerging—that there has been a huge fall in cannabis use. The cause is pretty obvious to me: it is called the smoking ban. That makes me particularly pleased that I voted for the smoking ban.

Points of Order: Topical Debate — Drug Strategy (3 Apr 2008) has video

John Mann: With respect, I do not think there is time to take interventions. People are smoking far less, so people are smoking cannabis far less. I have seen no evidence of any diversion towards people baking cannabis cakes or anything like that. Cannabis use is decreasing. That does not mean that where someone does use cannabis, it is more or less of a problem than it was before. The information is...

Written Answers — Scotland: Smoking (2 Feb 2005)

Mr John Mann: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland in how many rooms within his Department smoking is allowed.

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Smoking (18 Jan 2005)

Mr John Mann: To ask the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission in how many rooms in the House to which hon. Members have access, other than their offices, smoking is (a) permitted and (b) banned.

Traffic Management Bill (5 Jan 2004)

Mr John Mann: ...have spoken from the Opposition Benches, I believe that it is always an honour humbly to serve, and I look forward to doing so, should the Whips have taken note of that suggestion. A puff of white smoke will emerge from Worksop town hall to signify that my name has been added to the roll-call of those putting in time working on the detail of the Bill. The single biggest contribution that...

Public Bill Committee: Criminal Justice Bill: Clause 9 - Power of arrest for possession of Class C drugs (7 Jan 2003)

Mr John Mann: ...very interesting dialogue. The word that I suggest the hon. Gentleman is missing out is ''can''. Yes, cannabis can be taken socially, as can cocaine, alcohol, cigarettes and, indeed heroin. Heroin smoking is initially done socially; in the vast majority of cases, it is smoked recreationally at weekends when people first start experimenting. What does the hon. Gentleman have to say about...

Heroin Addicts (26 Nov 2002)

Mr John Mann: ...with a range of drugs compare their control of taking cannabis with their initial control of taking heroin. That is what they said, not what I said, and they said it repeatedly. Young people who experiment with smoking heroin find themselves addicted and move on to injecting. Heroin was £5 a hit in September, but it is now £2, and one can get a free lump of crack with it, if one...

Ministerial Conduct (DTLR) (23 Oct 2001)

Mr John Mann: ...the railways were not taken on. The new managers sought to create even more complex management structures. In short, we got a shambles. That was the "best future for Railtrack". It was nothing more than smoke and mirrors, or castles and kingdoms in the air. Today, we should be debating the real issues. We should be dealing with politics, not politicking. Therefore, I say "Well done!" to...