asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what consultations he has had with representatives of cigarette manufacturers concerning the addition of attractive flavours to cigarettes.

An agreement, which included the voluntary control of the use of tobacco additives, was reached with the tobacco industry earlier this year. Details were announced in my right hon. Friend's answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Brent, South (Mr. Pavitt) on 8th March.—[Vol. 927, c. 463–5.] Officials of my Department, in their capacity as scientific advisers to the Independent Scientific Committee on Smoking and Health, consult representatives of the industry in the course of assessing information about the medical and scientific aspects of specific additives.