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“…It is responsible for around 80,000 deaths every year. Cancer Research UK says smoking is responsible for around 160 cancer cases every day, or 57,700 cases each year. Tobacco is a uniquely harmful product. It can kill up to two thirds of lifelong users and is responsible for at least 16 types of cancer.”

Record by topic

  1. Cancer21st of 64151.0
  2. NHS waiting lists16th of 54342.0
  3. Public health & prevention21st of 70039.0
  4. Learning disability & autism103rd of 90533.0
  5. Mental health147th of 89024.0
  6. Women's health & gynaecology16th of 21218.0
  7. Heart disease & stroke29th of 40712.0
  8. Maternity & neonatal78th of 45312.0
  9. Unpaid carers54th of 29612.0
  10. Palliative & end of life care140th of 5409.0
  11. NHS & care workforce/staffing62nd of 3146.0
  12. Dementia61st of 2636.0
  13. Dentistry access67th of 1976.0
  14. Respiratory (asthma/COPD)23rd of 1466.0
  15. Hospital discharge / bed-blocking45th of 1453.0
  16. GP access95th of 2473.0
  17. A&E & ambulance response118th of 2723.0

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What they’ve said

  • “…Both of my parents died of cancer caused by smoking back in 1979. The advice that they were given as young people was that smoking was healthy. We have to remember that we have a duty to our next generation to ensure that they do not go down the route of believing that vaping is healthy.”

    Smoke-free UK · 2026-10-15 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…Select Committee statement from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, followed by debates on support for unpaid carers and on the progress towards a smokefree UK. On Tuesday 20 October there will be a debate on manufacturing skills.”

    Business of the House · 2026-09-10 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…UK coach industry, and on Thursday 15 October there will be debates on support for unpaid carers and on progress towards a smoke-free UK. I gently ask the Leader of the House to consider what time will be made available in the Chamber for the Backbench Business Committee during the week that we come back.”

    Business of the House · 2026-09-03 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “I beg to move, That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment. This debate, as you rightly point out, Madam Deputy Speaker, commemorates Sir David Amess, who was brutally murdered doing his job as an MP at his surgery. He was an expert in this debate.”

    Sir David Amess Summer Adjournment · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…If tenants do not use them, they should be vacated and used for people on the waiting list who desperately need them. Will the Leader of the House arrange for a Minister to make a statement in the House next week on what the Government will do to expose this scandal and ensure that the tenants who are supposed to be in…”

    Business of the House · 2026-07-09 · Read on Hansard ↗

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