Tag: Lord Palmer

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Palmer on 2016-01-28.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 8 December 2015 (HL3861), what assessment they have made of why, when the UK ranks number one in tobacco control activity of 34 European countries, nine other European countries have lower levels of smoking prevalence.

Lord Prior of Brampton

Countries use different ways to assess smoking prevalence within their population and there is variation as to whether they include daily, weekly, or occasional smokers within the figures. It is therefore not always possible to compare smoking prevalence rates directly between countries. In contrast, Joossens and Raws’s Tobacco Control Scale in Europe, which ranks the United Kingdom as number one in tobacco control activity of 34 European countries, uses a set criteria to assess the implementation of tobacco control policies across European countries, enabling a direct comparison to be made between the countries of tobacco control measures.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Palmer on 2015-10-21.

To ask the Chairman of Committees, further to the Written Answer by the Chairman of Committees on 18 September (HL2226), what costs were incurred in recruiting the last House of Lords Executive Chef, and for how long that postholder was employed.

Lord Laming

The last Executive Chef was employed by the House for just over a year. We paid £360to publicise the permanent vacancy in relevant forums. Reasonable travel expenses of several candidates were reimbursed at £83.40. An external consultant already engaged by Catering and Retail Services assisted with the selection process – a reasonable estimate of the cost of his time is £278. There were also marginal costs for the refreshment for the panel and ingredients to support a work-based skills test. The successful candidate had previously been employed on a fixed-term contract for which we paid an agency fee of £3,600.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Palmer on 2014-06-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 6 May (WA 444), whether they will place in the Library of the House correspondence between the Intellectual Property Office and the Department of Health regarding the proposed introduction of standardised tobacco packaging.

Earl Howe

The Department has no current plans to publish information on the development and formulation of Government policy on standardised packaging of tobacco products

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Palmer on 2014-06-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement by Earl Howe on 3 April (HL Deb, col 1121–2), whether in preparing for the publication of the draft regulations on standardised packaging for tobacco products they are considering the scope of the types of tobacco products to be included, such as drawing a distinction between cigars and pipe tobaccos and mainstream tobacco products.

Earl Howe

The Government continues to carefully consider all issues relevant to the introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco products, including the scope of the types of tobacco products covered by the policy.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Palmer on 2014-05-07.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House all risk assessments into standardised tobacco packaging undertaken by HM Revenue and Customs.

Earl Howe

The Government continues carefully to consider all issues relevant to the introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco products.

The Government will be holding a final, short consultation including draft regulations in which Ministers will ask, in particular, for views on anything new since the last full public consultation that is relevant to the development of this policy.

A further, developed consultation stage Impact Assessment (IA) will be published alongside the upcoming public consultation. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has contributed to the revised IA.

The Department of Health will continue to work with other government departments on the development of proposals for standardised packaging of tobacco products.