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GO/CAH 12th May, 1971
TO AZZ NO. Is OF ASSOCIATED COMPANT7S
SMOKING & -HEALTH
With reference to my circular of the 2E-.h
Ma.r--'-, the situation in the U.K. has now been
further clarified by recent developments.
-Ifter the Nabax-ro bill passed the Comm--.~.ae
Stawe, Si--- Keit-l-, Joseph, in h-,Ls capacity as
Sec~:erary of State for Social Ser"r-ces, set
-`own
on ;"*--2 No-~oice Par)er extensive amerdme=s and
new
clauses to the bill. The effect oZ' these was
to bzing the nrovisions of th-e bill into line
wizh
the volua-laz7 agzeement between the U.K.
ind:-s---,
and r-e Goverr=ent, as descri:)ed i= my circulaz.
Si, C-eralld Nabari-o then added h~is r-,-me in
s-,=---:or-c
of t'--e new amend-men-tand clauses, no
doubz thar this was his best hope of
ac-,1ie,,r-=.;:
legislatiL of any kind.
-:,=e was then debateA in t1ae House of
Con-ons an 23-n-4 April, 30th li~-rii aad 7th
Ma:-- until
on "e 1as7 occasion it e:mire,-', thzouzh lack of
time.
It Can safely be assumed teat the b'-l-:;' is now
dead.
Thzoug.hou- the debates Sir Keith joseph
maintained his original position of being ornosed
to lecislation and in this connection he sai-;
"The ~overr-ent do not regard the bill as
necessary.
We recard the voluntary agreement as bound to be
effective. We do not think that it is sensible to
impose on a willing industry a superfluous
statute,
with all the apparatus of controls and penalties
which that involves".
At the conclusion of the debate on May 7th
the U.K. indust:7, through the Tobacco Advisozzy
Comm ,=ee, Announced that it would immlement
without
dela:.- the terms of tile voluntary agreement.
These
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BATCO document for Province of BritiSh C01UMbia 29
October 1999