Results 1-7 of 7 for smoking speaker:Hywel Williams

Milk Prices (9 Nov 2005)

Hywel Williams: ..., Planning and Countryside in the Assembly, said that the supermarkets were in danger of killing the goose that lays the golden egg. A Minister from Cardiff has told us who is holding the smoking gun. I do not need to go into that argument, as the Milk Development Council's report is clear enough. I shall make one further point that is specific to my part of the world. It is to do with the...

Orders of the Day — Smoking in Public Places (Wales) Bill (18 Mar 2005)

Mr Hywel Williams: ...the Bill as a sponsor—and, as the right hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Mr. Forth) commented earlier, yet another Williams. My party's long-standing policy has been to oppose smoking in enclosed public places, and in that I believe that we reflect the views of the majority of people in Wales. I therefore congratulate the hon. Member for Cardiff, North (Julie Morgan) on...

Orders of the Day — Smoking in Public Places (Wales) Bill (18 Mar 2005)

Mr Hywel Williams: It is estimated that approximately 15 per cent. of social smoking has been displaced to the home in Ireland. Overall, however, there is insufficient evidence to say categorically that social smokers transferred their habits to the home when the ban was imposed. That appears on page 10 of the briefing, so there is some, but insufficient, evidence to decide the matter.

Orders of the Day — Smoking in Public Places (Wales) Bill (18 Mar 2005)

Mr Hywel Williams: Does the hon. Lady agree that people with a mental illness suffer a double jeopardy, in that they not only suffer mental illness, but as such a large percentage of them smoke, they also suffer the physical ill effects of that? Is that not something that we should counter, possibly with this Bill?

Public Health White Paper (16 Nov 2004)

Mr Hywel Williams: On 22 January 2003, the Welsh Assembly Government asked for legislation to ban smoking in public places in Wales. Will the Secretary of State tell the House his Government's intentions for Wales regarding that issue?

Health (Wales) Bill (27 Nov 2002)

Mr Hywel Williams: ...Member for Wokingham (Mr. Redwood) when he served in the Conservative Government. A cross-cutting approach is sorely needed in Wales. It needs to consider poverty, housing and other issues, such as smoking and the consumption of alcohol. I hope that the Bill will help to expose those differences and to keep them in the minds of people who make and implement policy, irrespective of the long...

Health (Wales) Bill (27 Nov 2002)

Mr Hywel Williams: Would the hon. Gentleman have welcomed a provision banning smoking in public places?