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1248454

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for his Department to undertake a review of the tobacco and related product regulations after the transition period; and whether (a) tobacco free nicotine pouches and (b) other novel nicotine products are planned to be covered by that review.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	110894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>Our commitment to tough tobacco control will continue post 1 January 2021, and we laid the Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 on the 28 September 2020 to reaffirm that commitment.</p><p>Post-transition period, Great Britain will no longer have to comply with the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive and there will be opportunity to consider, in the future, regulatory changes that help people quit smoking and address the harms from tobacco. Any changes to do so will be based on robust evidence and in the interests of public health.</p><p>The Department will be carrying out a post implementation review of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 and Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products by 20 May 2021 to see if the regulations have both met their objectives. Part of this review process will involve a public consultation to start before the end of the year for people to submit their views and evidence.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 110895 question first answered 17/11/2020 14:22:09 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 59978 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1233746

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the Government has provided to the UK tobacco manufacturing industry on the source of the pictorial health warnings that they are required to use on products manufactured for sale in (a) Great Britain and (b) Northern Ireland, from 1 January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	88835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department published guidance on 19 August 2020 outlining the requirements for labelling tobacco products after the end of the transition period. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labelling-tobacco-products-after-the-end-of-the-transition-period" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/labelling-tobacco-products-after-the-end-of-the-transition-period</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 21/09/2020 17:04:39 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 47749 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1176445

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to amend regulations on the packaging of tobacco products.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	13068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has a statutory obligation to conduct Post Implementation Reviews to assess the impact of tobacco regulations on both the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 and the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 by May 2021. The Department will also review the United Kingdom tobacco and e-cigarette regulatory framework so it continues to protect the nation’s health and support the prevention Green Paper ambition to make England smoke-free by 2030.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 13/02/2020 13:02:31 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1167879

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all tobacco product packaging, including cigarette filters, will be subject to their proposed tax on plastic packaging.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hanningfield
	uin	HL580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>As announced at Budget 2018, from April 2022 the government will be introducing a new tax on plastic packaging containing less than 30% recycled plastic.</p><p> </p><p>In spring 2019, the government consulted on the high level design of the tax and a summary of responses was published in July. These responses are being used to inform the detailed design of the tax including the definition of packaging, which will be included in legislation that is due to be introduced next year. Where tobacco product packaging, cigarette filters, e-cigarettes and other vaping related products meet the definition of plastic packaging, and contain insufficient recycled plastic, they will be subject to the tax.</p><p> </p><p>The government has made no specific assessment of the impact of litter caused by vaping. Litter specifically associated with vaping has never appeared in the top 20 litter types, according to independent national surveys carried out by Keep Britain Tidy.</p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown grouped question UIN HL581 question first answered 05/11/2019 16:28:50 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
	tabling member	2650 label Biography information for Lord Hanningfield

1151022

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that companies producing and selling tobacco products do not circumvent the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 through changes to packaging design.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	2665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Tobacco regulations in England are enforced by local authorities through Trading Standards, this includes the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015. The Department keeps track of enforcement and compliance through these regulations.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/10/2019 16:13:19 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1133662

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward the commencement date to before 2021, of the review of the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	267302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans to do so. The Government remains committed to undertake the post implementation review of the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 by May 2021 in accordance with its legal duties.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 25/06/2019 16:08:37 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1056484

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 5 February (HL13025), who are the experts on tobacco control whom they consulted about proposed changes to tobacco packaging.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL13534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department has consulted with a range of experts in tobacco control, including Professor David Hammond of the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo, Canada; Rob Cunningham, Senior Policy Analyst at the Canadian Cancer Society; and Deborah Arnott, Chief Executive of Action on Smoking and Health. None of the experts consulted have links to the tobacco industry.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 14/02/2019 13:31:40 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

1046317

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have commissioned advice from any company, organisation or individual about the proposed changes to tobacco product packaging in the event of a no-deal Brexit; if so, which company, organisation or individual they commissioned such advice from; what was the cost of any such advice; and whether they will place a copy of any such advice in the Library of the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL13025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Over the last year, and at no cost, the Department has consulted with a range of experts in tobacco control, none of whom have any connections with the tobacco industry. The Department has also consulted with the Health Ministries of other countries that have world leading tobacco control programmes.</p><p>The external advice provided to the Department has been part of the formulation of Government policy and therefore, we have no plans to publish the advice at this current time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 05/02/2019 12:42:51 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

923324

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the introduction of plain cigarette packaging on smoking.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	153389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 came into force on 20 May 2016. It is too soon to effectively evaluate the impact of this legislation. However, the Government is committed to completing and publishing a full post-implementation review before 20 May 2021 and to publishing subsequent reports at intervals not exceeding five years.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 21/06/2018 16:07:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

778216

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Tobacco: Packaging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of plain cigarette packaging on smoking rates.
	tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
	tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
	uin	110024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015 came into force on 20 May 2016. The Government consulted on the introduction of standardised packaging and published an impact assessment, which included benefits to public health. The Government will review these regulations by <ins class="ministerial">2021</ins> <del class="ministerial">2020</del>.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 03/11/2017 11:41:50 question first ministerially corrected 21/03/2018 13:09:21 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine previous answer version 19960 answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart