Passive Smoking In Cars

EDM number 1851 in 2010-12, proposed by Alex Cunningham on 24/05/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Children and families and Health education and preventive medicine.

That this House welcomes the Ten Minute Rule Bill to stop smoking in cars with minors present; notes that research conducted by the British Lung Foundation found that over half (51 per cent.) of eight to 15 year-olds have been exposed to cigarette smokewhen confined in a car and 86 per cent. of children across the UK want people to stop smoking when children are in the car; further notes with concern that around four million people in the UK continue to smoke near children and over 300,000 children in the UK present passive smoking-related illnesses to their GP every year; and callson the Government to ensure that measures are taken to improve child protection in this area.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.