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Mr. Meadowcroft
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to the reply of 17 April, Official Report, column 215, if he will break down the figure of £170 million per annum cost to the National Health Service of diseases to which smoking is a major contributory factor into the cost of (a) inpatient treatment, (b) outpatient and inpatient treatment and (c) family practitioner services.
Mr. John Patten
I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.