HC Deb 05 November 1998 vol 318 cc637-8W
Mr. Fearn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the Government's policy on European Union aid to tobacco growers. [57182]

Mr. Rooker

I have been asked to reply.

The Government strongly disapprove of the Common Agricultural Policy support regime for tobacco. We believe that the Community should progressively disengage from support for tobacco production on grounds of health and cost. We continue to press for further progress in this area following the reform of the regime agreed in June of this year.