Smoking Ban for Play Parks and Outdoor Sports Facilities
- Submitted by: Rachael Hamilton, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2019
- Motion reference: S5M-17797
- Current status: Achieved cross-party support
That the Parliament notes the view that Scotland should ban smoking in play parks, outdoor sports facilities and other similar outdoor areas; understands that section 4 of the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 does not provide powers to do so; acknowledges that the Welsh Government introduced the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017, which imposes a ban there on smoking in these types of places; believes that such a ban in Scotland would improve public health, especially in helping to alleviate the effects of passive smoking on children in the Borders and across the country, and notes the calls for the Scottish Government to legislate accordingly.
Supported by:
Bill Bowman, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Jackson Carlaw, Peter Chapman, Neil Findlay, Kenneth Gibson, Jamie Halcro Johnston, Alison Harris, Alison Johnstone, Liam Kerr, Monica Lennon, Ruth Maguire, Jenny Marra, Tom Mason, Mark McDonald, Gail Ross, Mark Ruskell, Alexander Stewart, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle