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Proceeding contribution from Earl of Onslow (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 12 March 2008. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill.

Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

It is worth recalling how things have changed enormously in relation to tobacco over the past 50 years. When I went to Aden as a soldier in 1959, we were told that, if someone was wounded, we should give him a cup of tea, a cigarette and jam some morphine into him. Today, the concept of the medical profession advising people to have cigarettes is incomprehensible. Things have changed enormously. There is merit in what the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner, said, but we must go on solely by persuasion, persuasion, persuasion. I think it is a filthy habit but do not see why people should not do it. We must try and persuade them not to.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
699 c1543-4 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Children Disclosure of information Criminal proceedings Devolved matters Appeals Administration of justice Attorney General Courts martial Offenders Northern Ireland Protection Mentally disordered offenders Parliamentary scrutiny Military law Paedophilia Sentencing Sales Young people Tobacco Smoking Serious Fraud Office Attorney General for Northern Ireland Statutory instruments
Legislation
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill 2006-07 to 2007-08
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk