§ DR. MACNAMARAI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the recommendation of the Physical Deterioration (1904) Committee to the effect that a Bill should be brought before Parliament at an early date having for its object the prohibition of the sale of tobacco and cigarettes to children below a certain age; and whether he is now in a position to say that this recommendation will be acted upon in the present session.
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr.AKERS-DOUGLAS, Kent, St. Augustine's)I am aware of the recommendation in the Report of the Physical Deterioration Committee, and I have given the question very careful consideration; but I do not see my way to introduce any Bill on the subject during the present session. 776 The public attention which has been called to the evils of juvenile smoking is likely, I think, to do good, by arousing parents to exercise more control over their children in this respect.