Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Alex Cunningham Excerpts
Wednesday 30th April 2014

(10 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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I thank my hon. Friend for that beautifully and brilliantly crafted question about the anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth. It is a moment of celebration not just here in Britain but across the world, where Shakespeare’s works are gaining a wider understanding and distribution. I will not attempt quotes such as those that my hon. Friend brought out in his question, but I would say to any politician that if they read Henry V’s speech before Agincourt and it does not inspire them and drive them on, I cannot think what will.

Alex Cunningham Portrait Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab)
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Q4. When will the Prime Minister publish the regulations to introduce standard packaging for tobacco products and ban smoking in cars when children are present?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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I cannot pre-judge the Queen’s Speech, but we have said that we want to take action on this front and we will.