To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has discussed the Europe against cancer campaign with the European Commission; and what response he has had to proposals he has made.

The European Commission's proposed plan of action for Europe against cancer was discussed by the Council of Health Ministers in May 1987, and progress will be reviewed at the next Council of Health Ministers in May 1988. Discussion of a number of detailed aspects has continued with officials of the Commission, whose responses have generally been constructive.