Tobacco (Hansard, 19 March 1998)

§ Mr. Cotter
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when representatives from the Police, HM Customs and Excise and the National Weights and Measures Laboratory and Ministers from his Department last met to discuss the issue of tobacco imported from Belgium and illegally resold in the United Kingdom. [34702]

§ Ms Jowell
There have been no such meetings.

§ Mr. Cotter
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he last discussed with his EU counterparts the issue of health warnings on cigarettes sold in other EU member states being printed in English as well as the other major European languages; and what plans he has to raise it at the next such meeting. [34698]

§ Ms Jowell
No discussion of this issue has taken place. There are no plans to raise it at the next meeting of European Union health ministers.