Written question asked by Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Warner (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 December 2005.

Smoking in Public Places

Question: Whether they have included the responses received from Smokefree Liverpool in the total of over 57,000 responses to the recent consultation on the smoke-free provisions of the Health Bill.

Answer: Following publication of the analysis of responses to the public consultation on the smoke-free elements of the Health Bill on 24 November, the Department of Health was approached by Smokefree Liverpool which was concerned that no specific mention of its campaign had been made in the report.Immediately on receiving this message, the department gave a commitment that it would check all the responses received and check that responses from Smokefree Liverpool had been fully taken into account.As soon as that check is complete, I will write to the noble Lord with a full Answer to his Questions, and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 2600; 676 c108WA
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP 06/274
Thursday, 26 January 2006
Deposited papers
House of Lords
House of Commons
Subjects: Regulation Smoking Consultation papers SmokeFree Liverpool
Legislation: Health Bill 2005-06