Passive Smoking In Public Places

EDM number 359 in 2002-03, proposed by David Taylor on 11/12/2002.

That this House welcomes the BMA's recent report on passive smoking, Towards Smoke-Free Public Places, which establishes beyond doubt that passive smoking is a cause of lung cancer, coronary heart disease and asthma attacks in adults and cot death, middle ear disease, respiratory infections and the development of asthma in children; notes that at least a thousand preventable deaths occur every year as a result of passive smoking and that there is no safe level of exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke; welcomes the fact that the overwhelming majority of the public is in favour of smoking restrictions in the workplace and other public places; is concerned that in the UK, three million workers are regularly exposed to second-hand smoke in their workplaces and that those at highest risk of exposure are workers in the lowest socio-economic groups; further notes with concern that it is now more than four years since the Government published its proposals for an Approved Code of Practice on passive smoking at work and more than two years since the Health and Safety Commission recommended to the Government that the Code be adopted; concludes that in light of these delays and in view of the inadequacy of voluntary measures to protect workers and other against the serious dangers of passive smoking in public places, further action is now necessary; and calls on the Government to introduce legislation on passive smoking in the workplace and public places as a matter of urgency.

This motion has been signed by a total of 105 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Taylor	11/12/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Proposed
John Robertson	11/12/2002	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	11/12/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	11/12/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	11/12/2002	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	12/12/2002	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	12/12/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	12/12/2002	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	12/12/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Tyler	12/12/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	12/12/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Terry Davis	12/12/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	12/12/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	12/12/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	12/12/2002	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	12/12/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	12/12/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	12/12/2002	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	16/12/2002	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	16/12/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	16/12/2002	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	16/12/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	16/12/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Donald Anderson	16/12/2002	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	16/12/2002	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	16/12/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nick Harvey	16/12/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hesford	16/12/2002	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	16/12/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	16/12/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	16/12/2002	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	17/12/2002	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	17/12/2002	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	17/12/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	17/12/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Bradley	17/12/2002	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	17/12/2002	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	17/12/2002	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	17/12/2002	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	17/12/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	17/12/2002	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	18/12/2002	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	18/12/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Michael Fabricant	18/12/2002	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	18/12/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	18/12/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	18/12/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	18/12/2002	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	18/12/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/12/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	19/12/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Andy Burnham	19/12/2002	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	19/12/2002	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tony Wright	07/01/2003	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	07/01/2003	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	07/01/2003	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	07/01/2003	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Cryer	07/01/2003	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Meg Munn	07/01/2003	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris Ruane	07/01/2003	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	09/01/2003	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Chris Bryant	09/01/2003	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	09/01/2003	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/01/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	13/01/2003	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	15/01/2003	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
John Mann	16/01/2003	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	16/01/2003	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lady Hermon	27/01/2003	North Down	UUP	Signed
John Austin	28/01/2003	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	04/02/2003	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Peter Bradley	04/02/2003	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	05/02/2003	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	05/02/2003	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barbara Follett	05/02/2003	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Ross Cranston	05/02/2003	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	05/02/2003	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	06/02/2003	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	07/02/2003	Gower	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	10/02/2003	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	10/02/2003	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	10/02/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	11/02/2003	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	11/02/2003	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	11/02/2003	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	11/02/2003	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	12/02/2003	Dover	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	12/02/2003	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	12/02/2003	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	13/02/2003	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/02/2003	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Keen	24/02/2003	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julie Morgan	24/02/2003	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Calum MacDonald	26/02/2003	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	04/03/2003	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	07/03/2003	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	13/03/2003	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Connarty	18/03/2003	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	03/04/2003	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Evan Harris	07/04/2003	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	11/04/2003	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	28/04/2003	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Banks	29/04/2003	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	16/07/2003	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Fiona Mactaggart	Unknown			Withdrawn

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