Lord Stoddart of Swindon – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Stoddart of Swindon on 2015-02-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 10 February (HL4473) concerning meetings with Action on Smoking and Health, whether they have had meetings with the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco; and whether they continue to uphold an embargo on closed meetings with the tobacco industry.

Earl Howe

Ministers and officials meet a range of organisations on a regular basis to discuss tobacco control. Details of Ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are published quarterly in arrears on the Gov.UK website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-overseas-travel-and-meetings

No meetings were held by the Department over the period 1 January 2012 and 27 January 2015 with the Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco.

The Department does not have an embargo on meeting any business or organisation.

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