§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether, prior to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State's attendance at the EC Health Ministers Council in November, he commissioned an independent review of the scientific evidence offered by the European Commission in support of its proposed ban on oral tobacco.
§ Mr. DorrellWe receive independent advice on the health hazards posed by oral snuff from the Committee on Carcinogenicity, an independent advisory committee to the Department of Health.
§ Mr. David NicholsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the published scientific evidence studied by his Department in support of the EC directive banning oral tobacco, before the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State attended the EC Health Ministers Council in November.
§ Mr. DorrellThe list of published scientific evidence is extensive. I will therefore send my hon. Friend a copy of the list and place a copy in the Library.