Results 1-6 of 6 for smoking speaker:Huw Irranca-Davies

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Litter: Smoking (20 Apr 2009)

Huw Irranca-Davies: ...records only the incidence—that is to say the percentage of sites—where each type of litter occurs. It does not attempt to record the volume. It is not possible to infer what effect the smoking ban in public places has had using this figure alone, but it is worth stating that it is the minority of people who choose to drop litter on the ground—not the smoking ban...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Air Pollution (26 Feb 2009)

Huw Irranca-Davies: In 2006, the Government, in response to the Biomass Task Force 2005 Report, agreed to ask the British Standards Institute to review their guidelines for testing appliances for smokeless operation with a view to simplifying the exemption procedure. We have since implemented changes to streamline and simplify the application and testing procedure for exempting appliances for use in smoke...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Environment Protection: Day Care (19 Jan 2009)

Huw Irranca-Davies: ...example is the statutory nuisance legislation set out in Part 3 of the Environmental Protection Act which addresses any activities prejudicial to health or a nuisance: for example, emissions of smoke, fumes, light and noise. A full list of the environmental protection legislation that applies to businesses can be found on the Environment Agency's NetRegs website: www.netregs.gov.uk

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Smoking: Departmental Co-ordination (18 Nov 2008)

Huw Irranca-Davies: I have had no discussions with the Department of Health on the effects of the smoking ban on levels of noise nuisance or litter. However, DEFRA and the Department of Health have in place a partnership agreement, a key component of which is a senior official level working group who, along with key delivery partners, provide a framework to improve the quality and appropriateness of the work...

Fair Trade (8 Jun 2005)

Huw Irranca-Davies: ...by both the US and the EU have consequences that are so transparent and obvious that no sane person would not cry out for immediate reform. Whenever we look back at the millions of people harmed by smoking, we try to identify the point in time when the manufacturers unarguably knew what their product was doing. We did the same with health claims in the UK coal industry in order to...

Obesity (12 Feb 2004)

Mr Huw Irranca-Davies: ...Research in bringing such an important issue to my attention. It estimates that obesity-related disease may cause 14 per cent. of cancer deaths in men and 20 per cent. in women. After giving up smoking, avoiding obesity and maintaining a healthy diet are the most important actions we can take to reduce the risk of cancer. On that basis, will she consider adopting a Portman-style approach...