HL Deb 31 October 2000 vol 618 cc95-6WA
Viscount Simon

asked the Chairman of Committees:

Further to his Written Answer on 13 October (WA 59), whether a similar smoking policy to that agreed for Millbank House will be applied to the House of Lords as a whole, to protect peers and staff from the harmful effects of passive smoking as outlined in Chapter 6 of the White Paper Smoking Kills. [HL4265]

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Boston of Faversham)

There are no plans to extend the Millbank House smoking policy to the rest of the House of Lords. However, as I indicated in my previous Answers to the noble Lord, the sub-committees of the Offices Committee will review the Health and Safety Commission's approved code of practice on passive smoking at work if and when it is issued.