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Points of Order: Speed Limits (Amendment) (27 Feb 2007): John Leech: ...for connected purposes. I am delighted to have the opportunity to introduce this ten-minute Bill. I came into politics to make a difference. When I had the opportunity to vote for a comprehensive smoking ban in public places, I supported that ban because I firmly believed that it would save lives by discouraging people from smoking and protecting others from passive smoking. However, I...
Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Smoking (31 Jan 2006): John Leech: What her Department's target is for reducing smoking rates in England.
Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Smoking (31 Jan 2006): John Leech: Friends of mine who smoke are always telling me that the thing that would have stopped them starting in the first place, or that would certainly help them to stop now, is not being able to smoke in public places. Does the Minister agree that introducing a total ban on smoking would not only help those people to give up, but help to reach the Government's target for reducing smoking rates?

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