Results 1-9 of 9 for smoking speaker:George Osborne

Orders of the Day: Banking Bill (14 Oct 2008) has video

George Osborne: ...such a bail-out is never again required. Let us be clear: when a house is on fire, it is right that all hands go to the pump, which is why we offered our constructive support. However, when the smoke has cleared and we see the debris around us, we are entitled to ask who built the house, who let it catch fire, and how we rebuild it so that it never catches fire again. The Bill goes some...

Amendment of the Law: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (22 Mar 2007)

George Osborne: ...and burdensome tax system. It is no wonder that the small business organisations are up in arms about the Budget. Last night, the Forum of Private Business stated: "The Chancellor has used smoke and mirrors to disguise the fact there is nothing in this Budget to support small businesses", and the Federation of Small Businesses said that it was "very disappointing". They will be even more...

Value for Taxpayers' Money (19 Jan 2005)

Mr George Osborne: ...what they said they would do. I am sure that my hon. Friend is an assiduous reader of The Guardian, so he will have seen the article on page 14 of today's edition, entitled "Axing Whitehall jobs is smoke and mirrors". It begins: "Gordon Brown's plan to make savings by axing 84,000 jobs in Whitehall and relocating another 20,000 staff is largely an illusion". That is because the Chancellor...

Public Bill Committee: Water Bill [Lords] (23 Oct 2003)

Mr George Osborne: ...cannot afford toothpaste and toothbrushes. There is a broader problem of getting people in those communities to take an interest in their health care; that applies to many other things, such as smoking and the kind of foods that they eat. The argument is compelling. Equally compelling is the argument that people should not be medicated—I know that the Minister will dispute my use...

Finance Bill: [Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair] — Clause 1 — Rates of Tobacco Products Duty (13 May 2003)

Mr George Osborne: ...of the Committee, asked the chief executive of Imperial Tobacco whether "you honestly believe that the 2 billion cigarettes that you exported"— to these five places— "were going to be smoked by the people of those countries", Mr. Davis, the chief executive of Imperial Tobacco replied, "Yes". For all those reasons, Customs and Excise was unable to conclude a memorandum of...

Finance Bill: [Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair] — Clause 1 — Rates of Tobacco Products Duty (13 May 2003)

Mr George Osborne: The hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) said that we all had to be honest about our past. Saying that I used to smoke is my contribution to meeting that request. At times, I am in danger of having the zeal of the convert, because I see the damage that smoking does. By instinct, and like many people, I recognise the value of having high duties as a way of discouraging people from smoking....

Public Accounts (29 Jan 2003)

Mr George Osborne: ...that I think that the executives of Imperial Tobacco lied to us in saying that they exported billions of cigarettes to Kaliningrad, Latvia and other such countries in the belief that they would be smoked locally, as they clearly knew that they would be reimported into this country illegally. That is the reason why Regal and Superkings, two of that company's brands, account for 50 per cent....

Food Labelling Bill (2 Nov 2001)

Mr George Osborne: ...been slaughtered in another European country that does not have the same slaughtering regulations that the House has introduced. The pigmeat could have been brought to this country, seasoned or smoked and packaged and then labelled "British Bacon". That is absurd. When consumers come across my hon. Friend loitering by the bacon counter, like him, they are confused. They may want to buy...

International Terrorism (14 Sep 2001)

Mr George Osborne: ...: "The worst thing about New York today is the distorted Manhattan skyline. There is midtown, a jagged crest of tall buildings, and then, where downtown used to be, an enormous cloud of yellow smoke. There are tens of emergency vehicles lining the street, and groups of green-clad surgeons standing about—waiting and waiting for survivors who don't come. The area is strangely quiet...