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Govt set to revisit tobacco ad ban.(in Parliament)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
The Government is expected to perform a surprise U-turn by bringing in a ban on tobacco advertising in the current Parliamentary session.
Health ministers are confident that a Bill will be introduced despite the measure being dropped from the Queen's Speech last month.
It is understood that Downing Street got cold feet about including a tobacco ban in the Queen's Speech, despite strong pressure from the Department of Health.
But ministers have since faced an angry backlash from anti-smoking groups and Labour MPs, and now intend to bring back the Bill scuppered when Tony Blair called a June General Election. The move means that press and poster ads are expected to be banned by the summer or autumn of next year.
The latest twist over a ban emerged when Labour MPs offered to bring ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London COLIN BROWNChief Political Correspondent May 17, 1995 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) July 16, 2009 700+ words
Byline: James Chapman and Ian Drury LABOUR MPs were accused of hypocrisy last night...When it came to a vote, however, 74 Labour MPs who had previously signed Commons motions...by 290 votes to 236. If only 28 more Labour MPs had stuck to their principles, the Government...
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- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London PATRICIA WYNN DAVIES, Political Correspondent October 20, 1994 700+ words
...promised onslaught on sleaze yesterday as Labour MPs staged a walk-out from the "questions...Committee of Privileges came when all seven Labour MPs "withdrew" from the investigation into...private came after Labour whips advised the Labour MPs to withdraw rather than resign ...
- BETRAYED BY SPINELESS MPS; 74 Labour MPs who backed Asperger's victim's bid to...
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) July 16, 2009 700+ words
Byline: James Chapman and Ian Drury LABOUR MPs were accused of hypocrisy last night...When it came to a vote, however, 74 Labour MPs who had previously signed Commons motions...by 290 votes to 236. If only 28 more Labour MPs had stuck to their principles, the Government...
- BETRAYED BY SPINELESS MPS; 74 Labour MPs who backed Asperger's victim's bid to...
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) July 16, 2009 700+ words
Byline: James Chapman and Ian Drury LABOUR MPs were accused of hypocrisy last night...When it came to a vote, however, 74 Labour MPs who had previously signed Commons motions...by 290 votes to 236. If only 28 more Labour MPs had stuck to their principles, the Government...