HC Deb 08 December 1982 vol 33 c511W
Mr. Terry Davis

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services pursuant to the answer of the Under-Secretary of State, Official Report, 30 November, c. 134, what has been the increase in the health warning budget since May 1979.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

The reference was intended to highlight the increase in the health warning area on cigarette advertisements, which had remained at 6 per cent. from 1971 until 1980, when it was increased to 9 per cent. and now as a result of the latest voluntary agreement is being increased again to 15 per cent. I am sorry if my supplementary answer did not convey this information as I had intended and that inadvertently the word budget appeared in error.