Orders of the Day — Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:33 pm on 10 March 2000.

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Photo of Edward Garnier Edward Garnier Shadow Attorney General 12:33, 10 March 2000

My right hon. Friend makes a perfectly valid point, but whether it is relevant to the discussion about cold homes, I do not know. Clearly, a number of people who die during the winter are elderly and die of heart and lung diseases, partly as a result of smoking and possibly partly as a result of the cold. It is possible that the aggravation to their constitution caused by smoking was exacerbated by the cold, and vice versa—the effect of the cold may have been aggravated by smoking, a habit that I heartily condemn.