§ Mr. Roger KingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has received the second report of the committee for monitoring agreements on tobacco advertising and sponsorship; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorThe committee for monitoring agreements on tobacco advertising and sponsorship has submitted its
120W(4) how many YTS trainees are on schemes run by voluntary and community organisations in each Scottish region;
(5) how many trainees were on YTS transitional funded schemes run by voluntary and community organisations in each Scottish region before 1 April;
(6) how many trainees were on YTS transitional funded grant schemes in each region in Scotland before 1 April.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 17 April 1989]: Details requested are set out in the table:
second report and copies have been placed in the Library. I am grateful to the committee and its chairman, Sir Peter Lazarus, for their excellent work in continuing to monitor the arrangements and for their second report. The report shows that, in general, the system of voluntary agreements, which govern tobacco advertising, health warnings and sports sponsorship, are continuing to work well and that the tobacco companies are honouring their commitments. This view is supported by the fact that the level of complaints to the committee has dropped substantially since its first report was published last year.
The chairman has expressed the hope that the Government and the tobacco industry will soon embark on renegotiating the voluntary agreements. We note his concern, and intend to discuss the way forward with the industry shortly. We also note and share his concern about older permanent advertisements which do not carry health warnings.