That this House is deeply concerned that tobacco companies are aggressively targeting women and children in the Third World with marketing tactics which are being banned in Europe; is concerned that the projected number of deaths from smoking-related diseases in the Third World will rise from one million per year to seven million per year by the year 2030; notes the European Union directive banning tobacco advertising, sponsorship and promotion; and believes that the Government should include a firm commitment to global standards on the marketing of tobacco in the forthcoming White Paper on Tobacco so that the same basic rules apply to tobacco companies wherever they operate.

That this House is deeply concerned that tobacco companies are aggressively targeting women and children in the Third World with marketing tactics which are being banned in Europe; is concerned that the projected number of deaths from smoking-related diseases in the Third World will rise from one million per year...

That this House condemns Lurot Brand House Sales's action in placing a job advertisement in the Sunday Times on 12th July 1998 seeking a senior negotiator who is "likely to be someone we already know in the profession, public school educated"; believes the advertisement to be discriminatory against women, ethnic minorities and the majority of the population who have not had the dubious benefit of private education, and a crude attempt further to perpetuate class division in society; and calls on the Government to consider taking such measures as are necessary to ensure such advertisements cannot be placed in national newspapers or elsewhere in the future.

That this House condemns Lurot Brand House Sales's action in placing a job advertisement in the Sunday Times on 12th July 1998 seeking a senior negotiator who is "likely to be someone we already know in the profession, public school educated"; believes the advertisement to be discriminatory against women, ethnic...