Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a delegation from his Department or any Departmental agency plans to attend the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Cape Town; and if he will make a statement.

As a recognised world leader in tobacco control, the Department and Public Health England (PHE) will send a delegation to the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, scheduled to take place in Cape Town, South Africa in March 2018. The Department’s representative will speak at several events during the conference to talk about the United Kingdom’s tobacco control strategy, as well as attending a meeting of the Global Tobacco Regulators Forum before the Conference begins. The PHE representatives will also speak at the Conference as well as running a workshop on tobacco control for representatives of the Overseas Territories in advance of the Conference.