§ Miss Maynardasked the Attorney-General what proposals his noble Friend has for making regulations under Section 109 of the Employment Protection Act 1975.
§ The Attorney-GeneralMy noble Friend's power under Section 109 is to make an order giving industrial tribunals
TOBACCO CONSUMPTION lbs per head of population 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 United Kingdom … 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.7 United States … 7.4 7.2 7.0 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.6 6.7 Ireland … 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.6 Norway … 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.8 Denmark … 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.2 6.2 6.0 6.2 6.2 Source: Tobacco Research Council (Research Paper No. 6). Business Monitor PQ 240 provides an alternative and more up to date source for the United Kingdom. The corresponding figure for 1973 is 5.0, for 1974 4.9, for 1975 4.5 and for 1976 4. lbs per head of population.