§ Mr. RedwoodTo ask the President of the Board of Trade when she was consulted over the recent change of policy on tobacco sponsorship. [16940]
§ Mrs. Beckett[holding answer 20 November 1997]: My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made it clear that this was a collective decision made in the normal way. It has been the practice of successive governments not to give details of the internal handling of individual decisions.