§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the effects on import levels of cheap foreign-manufactured cigarettes of the freezing of excise duties on cigarettes announced in his 1987 Budget Statement.
§ Mr. Peter LilleyIt is not possible to isolate the effect of the freezing of excise duties on cigarettes in the 1987 Budget from the effect of other changes which have affected the market for cigarettes during recent months.