HC Deb 16 November 1989 vol 160 cc444-5W
Mr. Home Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will seek informtion from the tobacco industry about sporting events which it intends to sponsor in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 15 November 1989]: The tobacco companies, under a voluntary agreement dating from 1987, already inform the Government, in confidence, of their sponsorship plans for sporting events as they are decided.