§ 57. Mr. Willie W. Hamiltonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what further initiatives he intends to take to reduce the scale of drug smuggling into the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. HayhoeAs I explained in the answer I gave on 2 May to my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Central (Mr. Merchant) at column154. Her Majesty's Customs and Excise are continuing with considerable and increasing success to improve their effectiveness in preventing the smuggling of drugs into the United Kingdom.
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§ Mr. BrookeThe following information relates to full-time and sandwich postgraduate students studying in Great Britain. The numbers from overseas include, from 1980–81, students from other European Community countries charged home fees. The information for the public sector prior to 1979–80 includes some degree of estimation and prior to 1976–77 is not readily available.
Full-time and Sandwich Postgraduate Students in Great Britain (Thousands) Universities Public Sector Home Overseas Home Overseas 1974–75 31.8 16.0 — — 1975–76 32.6 17.2 — — 1976–77 32.3 18.0 11.0 1.1 1977–78 30.8 18.1 9.8 1.2 1978–79 30.7 18.5 11.2 1.4 1979–80 30.2 17.5 11.6 1.4 1980–81 31.1 16.5 12.0 1.4 1981–82 30.8 16.1 12.1 1.4 1982–83 29.5 15.9 10.6 1.3 1983–84* 30.0 16.3 10.7 1.2 * Provisional.