Mr. Stan Thomeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will bring forward proposals for legislation to ban sponsorship of sporting events by tobacco companies.
Expenditure Volume (1) % change 1975–6§ £m 1980–81 ║ £m (79 survey prices) (79 survey prices) Relevant expenditure† by local authorrities (England and Wales) … … 14,075 13,471 –4.3% All public expenditure‡ … … 72,746 74,551 +2.5% Notes: * the Governments' expenditure plans, as published in Cmnd. 7841. † as defined for RSG (see table 4.5 of Cmnd 7841) ‡ Table 1.1 (line 7) of Cmnd 7841; before shortfall and special sales of assets. § outturn. ║ planned.