Hansard

6. Euan Robson (Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (LD): LD

To ask the First Minister what assessment has been made of the impact of the first year of the ban on smoking in enclosed public places. (S2F-2810)

The First Minister (Mr Jack McConnell): Lab

Studies so far have indicated that air pollution in pubs has dropped by 86 per cent and that the health of bar workers has dramatically improved. I am certai...

Euan Robson: LD

If one of the hallmarks of the second session of the Parliament was the ban, does the First Minister believe that a hallmark of the next session ought to be ...

The First Minister: Lab

Both of those points are important. I hope that the Parliament will continue to tackle them in the next session. We can all be very proud of much of the legi...

Mr Stewart Maxwell (West of Scotland) (SNP): SNP

I welcome the First Minister's comments on the success of the first year of the smoking ban, although I remind him what he said a few short years ago. Accord...

The First Minister: Lab

In the spirit in which the question was asked, I point out that, in the first session—before Stewart Maxwell was in the Parliament—Hugh Henry proposed a ban ...

Irene Oldfather (Cunninghame South) (Lab): Lab

Will the First Minister give a commitment that, when he returns next month as First Minister, he will continue to promote the healthy living agenda that has ...

The First Minister: Lab

There is further action that we can take in relation to young people in particular—I am sure that each of the parties will comment on that over the next five...

The Presiding Officer (Mr George Reid): NPA

Members will be aware that this final plenary meeting of the second session of the Scottish Parliament will continue for another 20 minutes or so. I ask Murr...