Petition to: Consider ‘Special Exemption Rules’ for public places, so they can provide a 'Designated Smoking Room' within that public building, where it is proven that the smoking ban (Smoke Free England - The Health Act 2006) has had a direct and detrimental effect on a given business’s profitability.

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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Consider ‘Special Exemption Rules’ for public places, so they can provide a 'Designated Smoking Room' within that public building, where it is proven that the smoking ban (Smoke Free England - The Health Act 2006) has had a direct and detrimental effect on a given business’s profitability. More details

Submitted by Joanna Woollerton – Deadline to sign up by: 20 March 2008 – Signatures: 656

Petition update, 23 April 2008

You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "Consider ‘Special Exemption Rules’ for public places, so they can provide a 'Designated Smoking Room' within that public building, where it is proven that the smoking ban (Smoke Free England - The Health Act 2006) has had a direct and detrimental effect on a given business’s profitability."

The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:

http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page15329.asp

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The closure of any business result’s in lost VAT & Tax Revenue, as well as unemployment.

Example: Many public places do not have adequate outdoor space for shelters. These businesses are at risk. Business's situated in rural area’s (a life-line to the local people) are often the only communal gathering venue available. These are at risk.

If it is proved that the Act has had a detrimental effect on Turnover and Profitability of any business, that business may be forced to cease trading.

A ‘Designated Smoking Room’ that affords a good ventilation system, is completely separate for the non-smoking part of the premises and where staff should not normally be required to work, may be the only viable way forward so that the business can attract more clientele. In these cases, provided it is proved both practical and advantageous for the survival of that individual business, then that business would qualify for the ‘Special Exemption Rule’.

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MR G E POULSON
Kerry Retberg
Sally Wildridge
Giles N Watmough
Linda Shaw
william clewer
Angela Simpson
peter havey
m c skull
Wendy Cadwallender
Cassandra Mitchell
Julian James
Stephen Organ
Robert Hopkins
john hammond
Ian Robinson
Mike Stott
Andrew Windless
Geoff Roberts
martin dawes
Catherine Campos
Gary Eames
Mark Edwards
stephen simmons
Bob Smith
ian Farrow
kelly weaver
Timeyin Akerele
steve.connor
Lewis Wheeler
s cleverly
Dean Jackling
mrs lucy ryall-thurlow
LUKE KENNEDY
Karunya Narayanan
Amica Grant
A ROWEL
Paul Smillie
traceystyler
nick hyde
stephen britton
theresa marsden
ANDREW DAVIS
Joanna Winterflood
Michael Hantom
michelle brabiner
Chris Milne
paul harris
Shaun Evans
louise milton
Rob Crowe
ANNE STEPHENSON
Andrew Stephenson
jan gibbons
Lynn Curnow
Bob Hazle
andrew nugent
R Stimson
Peter Butler
Richard Davies
M Linnett
Sue Patey
A Rivett
Nick
Anthony catchpole
James Thomas
Steve Jenkins
nigel sidgwick
Ulysses Pattichi
Linda Ladds
Mary Jordan
Paul Hart
Laura Butler
Craig Wallis
Ross Newman
Dan Jefferies
Thomas Simm
Tich Wilson
RUSSELL ABBOTT
Rebecca Churchill
mrs cullumbine
Shaun O'Dell
s.addy (non smoker)
nuala dobson
Andrea Lilley
Martyn Gould
anne lilley
ANTHONY DONACHIE
SANDRA MCCLATCHEY
Karen Buchanan
Margarita Rouki
linda burns
Jade Heaton
Tim Paton
dolores steadman
LYNNE ADDICOTT
pwaite
Dave Ray
Richard Holmes
Tony Williams
Jean Daniels
kelly pitt
Charlotte Brown
Victoria Howard
Adrian Bew
Michael Gregory
Ben Tevendale
Michael Howard
Sally Hulmes
Katie Grove
Martin Cullip
paula thomas
Zoe Brooks
Ian Robert Miller
maxine slater
Craig Smith
Darren
M Hughes
Greg Howes
martyn kerwin
Graham Russell
Michael Buckingham
Kim Torres
Aaron Bird
Assem Sweidan
Julian Phillimore
Wg Cdr David Coombs AFC.RAF (rtd)
j ainsworth
Emma Smart
Tim Robinson
Vijay Chandegra
Tim Mullin
Louise Bird
anne brown
sam brown
Lynne McQueenie
Jim Patterson
John Concannon
BRIAN DEELEY
Fazal Yafai
brian c barton
Alice Fox
celia bowers
Christine dean
Diane Satchwell
Mandy Mannion
IGNORE THIS PETITION SMOKING IS FILTHY AND KILLS
colin hales
Laurie Montague
Tom Martin
Dominic Winstanley
Rob Cook
Karen Bunn
J. Cartlidge
natalie
Chris Fullerton
Graham Lunn
Phil Williams
Ben "just give us back the pubs and clubs" Rosenthal
T Bramley
Chris Brown
Irene Burton
Terry Leedham
C woodage
Valerie Standfield
Chas Winfield
Matthew Oliver
Debbie Porter
Amy Hartley
susan walmsley
James Maher
David Lucas
Lynne Cowper
martin nowell
Ronald Pacey
Billy McLean
Kirsty McNaught
Kayleigh Rance
Sherri Shahabeddin
James Burkes
Bill Byfield- pubs lost profit, we lose freedom! We deserve the right to choose!
david harris
Terrez Price
Carol Andrews
Carol Hughes
Robert Murt
patrick draper
richard k pedley
Derek Alan Platten
Elisabeth Bird
Alison Arnold
Laurence Edgar
Brett Hirt
Peter D Waters
John Savage
ADRIAN SKERMER
Joanne Lawson
Jonathan Sayer
andrew roy
EDWARD MCKINLEY
gary benjamin
Janet Shaw
Michael Grundy
Tony Blows
Michael Harris
David Gray
susen rayner
Rob Simpson
Oliver Hylton
Melony King
Kristian Roberts
Mandy Rankin
Jason Humphreys
colin sidney
Ruth Hill
Nicola Palmer
Danielle Purshouse
John Wheatcroft
Tracey Bates
Jacqueline mason
nick cullen
Brad Hair
January Oaten
John Steer
cheryl jenkins
lily searle
Irene Bradshaw
kelly myers
Sergio Secondin
Bill Hayes
MMcNeill
diane bore
Jane Grant
Ben Jackson
Kim Dyson
Peter Drake
Emily Cooke
Paul Tapp
jennifer lockyer
micaela andrews
Stephen Bell
Louis Hanshaw
Christopher Wildman
Janice Bullett
D.Scattergood
David Newitt
Angela Morgan
Ray Dampier
v weir
Barbara Hale
Michelle Hale
Terence Woods (non smoker)
Jonathan Bagley
James Ezzard
Adrian Smith
pauline bramall
Stephen Saunders
David Earle
Robert Tennant
david lindsay
Robert Turner
matt day
Neil Hufton
Lucy Bethell
val hubbard
Fiona Kidd
Gary Butler-Fleming
p willis
Alice Bambridge
Antonia Embleton
K. Knight
Karen Taylor
Lindsay Ferns
Jo Court
TUG WILSON
Colin Ricketts
pamela worrall
robert wilde
Andrew Bibby
Simon Barrett
Josh Darbyshire
Ravinder Chagger
stephen thomas
Tony Gioulis
daniel rawsthorne
lee knott
George Williams
Mark Leigh-Davis
Kevin John
LAVINIA BENNETT
Adam Haseman
Simon Edward
Suzanne Creighton
gail hammon
Stuart O'Donnell
malcolm littler
Steven Hill
Richard Elsy
vanessa easthope
p.coughlan
John Nosko
Andrew Nosko
lesley hague
Ryan Janes
Terry Glasscock
Christopher Street
Leonard V Fenlon
Robert Crawshaw
Bruce Kean
Danny Ives
John Eccleston
P. Dalessio
carolyn cranton
Karl Ridley
A Allen
Sara Wilford
Noel Stevens
David Briggs
alan wicks
Anthony Shiels
Alexandra Burnell
Camilla Lord
mike walden
Nicole Small
Michael Connell
James Mitchell
mike bailey
sheila parker
Alex Robinson
Miss Sharon Benton
Jilly Pettican
Sean Hansfordf
Leann Cole
Stephen Dye
Felicia Gottmann
Glynn Waterworth
Karen Waterworth
daniel collins
julie stephenson
IAN COLVIN
avril dye
J LAWSON
Rob Welham
Elizabeth Al-Anazi
Paul Davies
Deborah Summerhayes
Robert Baker
kevin bolt
Brett Burnell
greg hall
m smith
Paul Haskins
m jones
Coz Cooper
Karen Finch
ANDREW HOWELLS
Liz Bloomfield
Julie Reed
craig simcox
whitney sills
mark aspinal - nationalsmokingday.com
Joss Paddick
kelvin batty
mark harris
adam burniston
Linda Reed
Pat Sang
Karen Parker
S Jupp
Elizabeth Swingler
Darren Newman
Brian Glover
Ash Bond
Sarah Richards
mary sharp
Tim Clarke
Hannah Moynehan
Malcolm Beckett
Gavin Ridley
Phil Johnson
Ian Henderson
S. Ford
kate theobald
Stuart Roberts
Greg Burrows
Philip Ramsden
Chris F J Cyrnik
edward siodlak
Cameron Stripp
Heather J Cameron
Sue Redfearn
Paul Gibbs
Simon Clover
Chris Taylor
Christine Dench
E V Manning
karen smallman
sonya wright
james haste
Karen Boyd
Barry Paver
James
N King
terri rowland
Verdine Lewis-Stevens
D. Thomas
ALLEN KILPATRICK
ashley williams
Drew Llewellyn
Noel Gee
Lester Simpson
michelle foster
CRAIG TAMA HAMMER CLARKE
George Edward Mielke
Shirley Perkins
gina hallman
Penny Webster-Brown
Julie Reed
Bill Scales
daryl ross
Megan Cox
Helen Hayward
Pete Maxwell
neil frost
Terri Baldwin
Rosie Brocklehurst
Hassany Ahmed
Mark Alexander
Jane Lancaster
Laura Roberts
Robert St-John Smith
Elizabeth Lawton
Joanne Britliffe
Maria Protopapadaki
Heather Ward
sally yates
Vince Fegan
kate sanders
alex j
Michael Gwilliam
Michael Gwilliam
John Abbott
s Abbott
gerald h praag
Michelle Wilkins
c marshall
Dorothy Brooks
tony duckmanton
sarah checksfield
jacqueline appleby
chris hoofe
Graham Thwaite
linzie Bottomley
Samantha White
mark ward
Ian Charles
Amy Horsewood
Steve Mitchell
David Lovegrace MA
Christine Lane
anthony deaton
Kim Piper
andrea carpenter
Stephen Bell
Nathan Thomas Trout
Malcolm Brown
caroline oakley
Hazel Cotton
John Roy
Daniel Flanagan
john keeling
David F Coles
sammie stevens
Mark Shale
donald ernest beard
Pam Hurley
tony field
s.heathcote
Michael N Church
Andrew Lafferty
Mark Alexander Smith
sarah casserley
Janet Priestley
Gail Wollaston
Johannah Cost
sandra
jack beveridge
Rosie Polson
Terry Horner
Giles Cattermole
Keith Byatt
Christina West
Debbie Yates
Louise Keeling
Bret Holdcroft
Adrian Redgers
Wayne Roberts
Barbara
PETER HOWARD
Eliot Hollier

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