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Mr. Pendry
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the increase in the tax take on cigarettes in real terms since 1987.
Mrs. Gillian Shephard
In the year to September 1990 estimated real receipts from excise duty and value added tax on cigarettes were 8 per cent. lower than in 1987.