§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of money he estimates the increased tobacco taxation will raise for expenditure on the NHS; and if the expenditure projections for the NHS will be sustained irrespective of the yield from tobacco taxation. [117036]
§ Mr. Andrew SmithThe projected exchequer yield from the increased tobacco duty of £235 million in the full year, as set out in Table A 13 in the FSBR, is taken into account in the commitment of the extra £2 billion to the NHS in 2000–01, which we are guaranteeing to meet.