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Janis Hughes: Lab Committee
15 Mar 2005
Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I declare an interest as a member of Unison.I will ask Dave Watson about the evidence that Unison submitted on the role of environmental health officers in enforcement. You probably heard the previous witnesses' evidence—there was some disagreement about the role of environmen...
Janis Hughes: Lab Committee
31 Oct 2001
Community Care and Health (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I declare, as an interest, that I am a member of Unison. Notwithstanding your comments and understandable interest in HR issues, will you comment on the powers that ministers have under the proposed bill for the regulation of social care, for the purpose of separating out the ...
Janis Hughes: Lab Committee
09 May 2001
Budget Process 2002-03
I declare a similar interest as a member of Unison.
Janis Hughes: Lab Committee
08 Mar 2005
Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I declare an interest: I am a member of Unison.I have concerns about how the LIFT model fits into community planning. Do you have any comments on the strategic planning aspect and about how cognisance can be taken of the NHS's strategic planning needs?
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Chamber
01 Mar 2001
Primary Care
I start by declaring an interest: I am a member of Unison, the health service union. I am delighted to be able to speak in the debate, especially as I worked in the health service for 20 years—mainly in the acute sector. I therefore appreciate just how beneficial an efficient ...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Chamber
27 Sep 2001
“Value Nurses” Campaign
I must declare an interest—I am a member of Unison. As the only nurse in the Scottish Parliament, I feel qualified to contribute to the debate. Margaret Smith talked about the valuable role of nurses in delivering high-quality patient care. I am sure that no one is in doubt ab...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Chamber
28 Nov 2001
Community Care and Health (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I echo the comments that have been made elsewhere in the chamber and offer my congratulations to Malcolm Chisholm and to the two new Deputy Ministers for Health and Community Care. I thank Susan Deacon for her past contribution to the health portfolio. I declare as an interest...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Chamber
12 Dec 2001
National Health Service
I, too, declare an interest as a member of Unison—proudly.Protecting the health of the nation must always be an absolute priority for any Administration. We are right to discuss the progress of the Scottish health plan one year on from its publication. I will focus on two main...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Chamber
25 Apr 2002
Primary Health Care
I declare an interest, as I am a member of Unison. I firmly believe in a modernising agenda for the NHS. Often, other members do not demonstrate the same vision. I have said many times that we should not dwell in the past but should look forward to the future. However, on this...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Chamber
09 May 2002
Nurses
I declare an interest as a member of Unison. As a nurse, I am delighted to speak in today's debate. During my years in the health service, I considered myself first and foremost to be a member of the health care team. That is why I am particularly pleased that the motion pays ...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Committee
10 Jan 2001
Interests
I am a member of Unison.
Janis Hughes: Lab Committee
09 May 2001
Budget Process 2002-03
Your submission raises a number of important concerns for Unison and for anyone involved in the health sector. In questioning witnesses about the budget process, however, we are trying to elicit information about the correlation between the budget process and the national heal...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Committee
16 May 2001
Budget Process 2002-03
In one of our evidence-taking meetings, Unison claimed that the Executive had made commitments that were not matched by additional funding and cited last year's pay award as an example. Last year, when the Health and Community Care Committee took evidence on the budget, it was...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Committee
10 Jun 2003
Interests
I am a member of Unison, which represents health service employees and which made a donation of £1,675 to my election fund.
The Deputy Convener (Janis Hughes): Lab Committee
31 Oct 2006
Health Board Elections (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Good afternoon and welcome to today's meeting of the Health Committee. We have received apologies from Roseanna Cunningham. I particularly welcome Bill Butler MSP, who, at an appropriate time, will be allowed to question the witnesses on his member's bill proposal. It is stand...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Chamber
26 Feb 2004
National Health Service<br />(Work Force)
I welcome today's debate and congratulate the Executive on bringing it to the chamber.Staff are the cornerstone of the NHS. By far the biggest part of the NHS budget goes on staff. Without the 150,000 people who care for patients 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the health ser...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Committee
05 Feb 2003
Mental Health (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
I support the views that my colleagues have expressed. Anyone who has an interest in mental health issues or who suffers from mental health problems will be particularly interested in this part of the bill. I welcome amendments 804 and 805 and await with interest the minister'...
Janis Hughes: Lab Committee
04 Apr 2000
National Parks (Scotland) Bill
So, strictly speaking, someone with an interest in the land is not covered by that provision, even though the bill refers to"any person having an interest in land"?Does that mean only people with a vested interest, in the sense that they either own or manage the land?
The Deputy Convener (Janis Hughes): Lab Committee
18 Jan 2005
Eating Disorders Inquiry
I open the Health Committee's second meeting of 2005. We are delighted to be in Stonehaven; for some of us, it is our first time. Some of us from the west battled through some bad weather conditions this morning, but it is nice to be here and I am sure that we will have a frui...
The Deputy Convener: Lab Committee
18 Jan 2005
Eating Disorders Inquiry
I thank you both for your time today and for your written contributions. I thank again all our witnesses and all the members of the public who turned up to take an interest in the committee today. We have been made to feel welcome in Stonehaven, and I thank Aberdeenshire Counc...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Committee
04 Apr 2000
National Parks (Scotland) Bill
Section 13(1) of the bill talks about a national parks authority entering into an agreement "with any person having an interest in land to do, or secure the doing of, whatever the parties to the agreement consider necessary to achieve in relation to the National Park the aims ...
Janis Hughes: Lab Committee
04 Sep 2006
Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Bill: Preliminary Stage
So your predictions are based on modelling—you have no specific examples of companies that have shown an interest in locating in the area because they know that new line might go ahead.
Janis Hughes: Lab Committee
18 Jun 2003
Items in Private
The normal practice on the committee has been to take a decision on written and oral evidence at the beginning of consideration of a piece of legislation. That does not mean that when the written evidence comes in we cannot pursue it as oral evidence if it becomes apparent tha...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Committee
16 Sep 2003
Hepatitis C
Jean Turner has highlighted a point that David Davidson mentioned—new members of the committee do not know what has gone before in the previous parliamentary session. Those of us who were on the committee in the previous session and were involved in the previous investigation ...
The Deputy Convener: Lab Committee
13 Jan 2004
Petitions
We have one new petition to consider, which is PE609, from Mrs Gráinne Smith, on behalf of North East Eating Disorders Support (Scotland) and the Scottish Eating Disorder Interest Group. The petition calls on the Scottish Parliament to ask the Scottish Executive to address, de...
Janis Hughes: Lab Committee
26 Oct 2004
Work Force Planning Inquiry
I am sure that the panel knows that we have a particular interest in education and training. What collaboration takes place between your organisations, the higher education institutions and NHS Scotland on education and training for your professions?
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Committee
09 Nov 2004
Work Force Planning Inquiry
All your submissions mention recruitment, retention and training opportunities. As you know, the Executive is committed to recruiting and retaining an additional 12,000 nurses and midwives by 2007 and 1,500 extra allied health professionals. On the current vacancy situation, I...
Janis Hughes: Lab Committee
02 Nov 1999
Standing Orders (Draft Changes)
Rules 13.7.5 and 13.7.6 deal with the general issue of supplementary questions. The committee discussed supplementary questions from MSPs who had an interest in a specific issue for reasons of locality or otherwise. That has not been written into the rule. Can we firm up on th...
Janis Hughes: Lab Committee
02 Nov 1999
Standing Orders (Draft Changes)
But is not it the case that, at Westminster, the Speaker might be told that a group of MPs—perhaps from neighbouring constituencies—has a vested interest in an issue that has been raised and could be called to speak?
Janis Hughes: Lab Committee
29 Sep 2004
Current Petitions
Jackie Baillie's comments are helpful. I would welcome the opportunity to debate the issue in Parliament, because it is bigger than to require the involvement of just the Public Petitions Committee, as is shown by the fact that three MSPs who are not members of the committee a...
Janis Hughes: Lab Committee
31 May 2000
Petitions
I want to express an interest in this matter, as the petitioning council is in my constituency. Discussions on the thoughts behind the petition had been taking place a long time before the petition was submitted, and before we undertook our own investigation into the matter. I...
Janis Hughes: Lab Committee
21 Jun 2000
Transport (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
I want to ask about bus services. I know that it is not the area in which you have most interest, but it is a major part of the bill. Do any of the organisations have a view on the merits of quality partnerships and quality contracts for bus services?
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Chamber
24 Feb 2000
Code of Conduct
I welcome the opportunity to debate the issue today, as the subject of members' conduct goes hand in hand with our continuing desire to make the Scottish Parliament open, accessible and transparent—not only the Parliament, but every MSP should fulfil those aims. People are cyn...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Chamber
24 Jan 2001
Museums and Galleries (Glasgow)
I congratulate Pauline McNeill on securing this topical debate, which allows us to express views on an important matter. It is easy to approach the debate by wondering just why the funding of Glasgow's museums matters; surely Glasgow has more pressing priorities. Well, yes, it...
Janis Hughes: Lab Chamber
17 May 2001
Special Educational Needs
Sylvia has attended many meetings of the Education, Culture and Sport Committee and has a particular interest in special educational needs. Her constituent—the mother of a seven-year-old child with autistic spectrum disorder—asked her to participate in today's debate. The chil...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Chamber
14 Nov 2001
Mental Health Law
I want first to echo the sentiments that the minister expressed in her speech and to add my support to the motion that is before us.One in four people in Scotland will suffer from some kind of mental illness during his or her life—a statistic that has been mentioned in the cha...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Chamber
22 Dec 2005
Blood Products
The subject of contaminated blood products is an important and emotive issue and there is much in Carolyn Leckie's motion on which we can all agree. However, I am not convinced that the approach that she suggests is the best way forward. As Nanette Milne mentioned, if Carolyn ...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Chamber
02 Feb 2006
Human Tissue (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3
I am well aware of John Farquhar Munro's interest in this area, which is similar to mine and that of others, including my colleague, Margaret Jamieson, who has previously debated the matter in the chamber.This is an emotive issue and I have much sympathy for the arguments that...
Janis Hughes (Glasgow Rutherglen) (Lab): Lab Chamber
20 Sep 2006
Care Inquiry
There can be little doubt that Parliament is proud of the introduction of free personal care for all of Scotland's elderly population. The Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act 2002 was supported by all parties and the policy is rightly seen as one of Parliament's most sign...
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Health Committee, 15 Mar 2005

15 Mar 2005 · S2 · Health Committee
Item of business
Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Hughes, Janis Lab Glasgow Rutherglen Watch on SPTV
I declare an interest as a member of Unison.I will ask Dave Watson about the evidence that Unison submitted on the role of environmental health officers in enforcement. You probably heard the previous witnesses' evidence—there was some disagreement about the role of environmental health officers and the role that the police may play in enforcement. Can you comment on the remarks that were made by Mr Greenhill about how he sees environmental health officers working to enforce the legislation?

In the same item of business

The Deputy Convener: Lab
The convener has now arrived, so I will vacate the chair.
The Convener (Roseanna Cunningham): SNP
Thanks very much. I am sorry that I am late. Children from a local primary school are visiting the Parliament this afternoon, so I needed at least to go and ...
Paul Waterson (Scottish Licensed Trade Association):
Thank you for inviting us to the committee today. Our association is totally committed to improving the health, safety and welfare not only of our members, w...
The Convener: SNP
Thank you. I invite one of the Tobacco Manufacturers Association's representatives to make an opening statement.
Christopher Ogden (Tobacco Manufacturers Association):
Thank you for inviting me to speak on behalf of the Tobacco Manufacturers Association. I am accompanied by Dr Steven Stotesbury, who is a scientist from Impe...
The Convener: SNP
Thank you. Before we move to the question and answer session, I welcome Brian Monteith to the committee. I understand that he does not wish to ask questions,...
Mike Rumbles (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD): LD
I am interested to hear the evidence from the Tobacco Manufacturers Association. In your written submission, you acknowledge the fact that tobacco smoke can ...
Christopher Ogden:
My colleague will deal with the specific scientific details in a moment. However, in response to your question, I have to say that we refute that evidence. T...
Mike Rumbles: LD
So you refute the evidence of 29 World Health Organisation experts from 12 countries.Although the SLTA does not go as far as the Tobacco Manufacturers Associ...
Paul Waterson:
We see the same risk factors as everyone else, and do not think that they are large at all. Indeed, we think that the claims have been grossly exaggerated. F...
Mike Rumbles: LD
That is exactly what I want to get at. Are you refuting the medical evidence that ETS is carcinogenic? Are you saying that you do not believe that these deat...
Paul Waterson:
As far as smoking is concerned, a comparison of relative risk factors shows that someone who uses a mobile phone has more chance of getting a blood clot in h...
Mike Rumbles: LD
But how many people have to die from ETS before you think that it is unacceptable?
Stuart Ross (Scottish Licensed Trade Association):
We have read the research that was undertaken for the Scottish Executive by the University of Aberdeen, which concluded that of the 865 people who die each y...
Mike Rumbles: LD
I understand the Tobacco Manufacturers Association's position, because it has made it absolutely clear.
Steven Stotesbury (Tobacco Manufacturers Association):
Can I come in here?
Mike Rumbles: LD
I want to pursue this question first.The TMA has said that people do not die from ETS. However, the SLTA has not said that; instead, by refuting the figures,...
Stuart Ross:
We want fewer people to die from it. We have read a lot of research on the subject and we listened to Dr John Reid at Westminster saying that more people wil...
Steven Stotesbury:
I would like to make a point, because I am afraid that if we go on our position may not be understood. Our position is not to say categorically that no one c...
Helen Eadie (Dunfermline East) (Lab): Lab
I want to ask about the economic impact of a ban. First, how much duty is generated through taxation for the UK Government from tobacco revenue?
Christopher Ogden:
Last year, it was in the region of £9.6 billion.
Helen Eadie: Lab
How much money is spent by the national health service in Scotland on treating smoking-related disease?
Christopher Ogden:
That question is best answered by the health authorities, but I understand that the cost, for the United Kingdom as a whole, of treating what are described a...
Helen Eadie: Lab
It is £200 million in Scotland, according to the Scottish Executive. Do you know the cost of the payment of welfare benefits to those unable to work due to s...
Christopher Ogden:
No, I do not.
Helen Eadie: Lab
You may be interested to know that it is £40 million. What is the loss of total productivity through smoking-related time off work in Scotland?
Christopher Ogden:
Again, those are figures that are no doubt familiar to the public health authorities, but I am not in a position to comment on them.
Helen Eadie: Lab
You are arguing that there will be a loss of money to the Exchequer, and I am highlighting the fact that there is also a cost to the Exchequer. If your argum...
Christopher Ogden:
I shall answer that by saying that the tobacco industry has always been at pains not to trade figures in that way. We think that it is irrelevant to the argu...
Helen Eadie: Lab
The premise of your argument is that it would cost the Exchequer more to ban tobacco smoke than it would not to ban it. I am saying that it would cost the Ex...