HC Deb 19 October 1992 vol 212 cc85-6W
Mr. Blunkett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to publish the Smee report; and if she will make a statement.

Dr. Mawhinney

A study on the effects of tobacco advertising will be published shortly.

Mrs. Roe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the draft EC directive on tobacco product advertising (EC document 6748/91) will be discussed at the Council of Health Ministers on 13 November.

Dr. Mawhinney

The agenda for Health Council on 13 November is not yet fixed. It is likely that the tobacco advertising directive will be discussed without a vote being taken.

Mrs. Roe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 15 May,Official Report, column 167, to the hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn), when and in what form she now expects to make available the report of her chief economic adviser on the impact of banning tobacco advertising; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Austin-Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects to make public the findings of the Smee report; and if she will make a statement.

Dr. Mawhinney

The Department of Health's report on the effects of tobacco advertising on tobacco consumption will be published shortly.