Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Leslie Taylor (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Wednesday, 11 December 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 104 members in total.

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PASSIVE SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES

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.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

PASSIVE SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES (359A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Paul Flynn (primary, Labour) and tabled on Monday, 20 January 2003. It has been signed by 1 members in total.

at ens add 'and notes that the use of smokeless tobacco eliminates all passive smoking risks.'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

359 

359A1 

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Codes of practice Health hazards Health and safety Public places Passive smoking Smoking

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk