§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services which foreign health Ministers attended the recent international conference of health Ministers in London; and what action will he taken collectively by Her Majesty's Government and the other Governments involved to reduce drug trafficking and alcoholism.
§ Mr. WhitneyDelegations from 30 countries attended the conference. Ministers headed the delegations from the following 19 countries
Australia, the Bahamas, Burma, Colombia, Greece, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Sir Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom and USSR.In addition, 11 countries sent delegations headed by senior officials from their Health Departments:
Bolivia, Canada, Egypt, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Tanzania and United States of America.Brazil and Chile were represented by observers from their London embassies.
The conference was concerned with the health aspects of the misuse of narcotic and psychotropic drugs. It did not directly address the questions of trafficking and alcoholism. A copy of the Ministers' statement, released at the end of the conference, is being placed in the Library.