HC Deb 09 March 1988 vol 129 c199W
Mr. Ashdown

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether any of the proposed city technology colleges will be supported by funds from the tobacco industry; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Rumbold

The companies which have announced their intention to sponsor a city technology college include Hanson plc, which has interests in the tobacco industry among a number of others.