§ Mr. SimsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that children in schools are protected from the effects of passive smoking and from the influence of seeing their teachers smoke; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what steps he is taking to ensure that, in order to protect children from the effects of passive smoking and from the influence of seeing adults smoke around them, all school buses are smoke-free; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ButcherMy right hon. Friend has no powers to prohibit smoking either on school premises or on school buses. These are matters for the local education authority or the individual school to consider and decide upon.