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906383

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to deposit the instruments of ratification for the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	145339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The government is fully committed to the Protocol and steps to achieve ratification have begun. Subject to parliamentary approval, the government intends to deposit the instruments of ratification by 2 July 2018. This will enable the UK to participate if there is a first Meeting of the Parties later this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 145340 question first answered 22/05/2018 14:54:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

906384

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to deposit the instruments of ratification for the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products before the 2 July 2018 deadline to ensure that the UK can participate in the event that there is a first Meeting of the Parties this year.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	145340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The government is fully committed to the Protocol and steps to achieve ratification have begun. Subject to parliamentary approval, the government intends to deposit the instruments of ratification by 2 July 2018. This will enable the UK to participate if there is a first Meeting of the Parties later this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 145339 question first answered 22/05/2018 14:54:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

845756

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps are required before the Government will ratify the World Health Organisation Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	128728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>It is UK policy that international treaties will not be ratified until all legislation required for implementation has been passed by parliament. We have now met this requirement with the introduction of legislation for the licensing of tobacco manufacturing machinery. This was included in the Finance (No 2) Act 2017 and a statutory instrument for The Tobacco Products Manufacturing Machinery (Licensing Scheme) Regulations 2018 was laid before the House of Commons on 25 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Now that legislation has been passed, the text of the Protocol can be laid before Parliament as a Command Paper with an Explanatory Memorandum. Unless Parliament resolves against it, the UK can begin the formal ratification process, which we expect to start shortly.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 128729 128730 question first answered 28/02/2018 13:20:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

845758

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Government has not yet ratified the World Health Organisation Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	128730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>It is UK policy that international treaties will not be ratified until all legislation required for implementation has been passed by parliament. We have now met this requirement with the introduction of legislation for the licensing of tobacco manufacturing machinery. This was included in the Finance (No 2) Act 2017 and a statutory instrument for The Tobacco Products Manufacturing Machinery (Licensing Scheme) Regulations 2018 was laid before the House of Commons on 25 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Now that legislation has been passed, the text of the Protocol can be laid before Parliament as a Command Paper with an Explanatory Memorandum. Unless Parliament resolves against it, the UK can begin the formal ratification process, which we expect to start shortly.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 128728 128729 question first answered 28/02/2018 13:20:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

845757

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to ratify the World Health Organisation Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	128729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>It is UK policy that international treaties will not be ratified until all legislation required for implementation has been passed by parliament. We have now met this requirement with the introduction of legislation for the licensing of tobacco manufacturing machinery. This was included in the Finance (No 2) Act 2017 and a statutory instrument for The Tobacco Products Manufacturing Machinery (Licensing Scheme) Regulations 2018 was laid before the House of Commons on 25 January 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Now that legislation has been passed, the text of the Protocol can be laid before Parliament as a Command Paper with an Explanatory Memorandum. Unless Parliament resolves against it, the UK can begin the formal ratification process, which we expect to start shortly.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 128728 128730 question first answered 28/02/2018 13:20:45 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

884868

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK will have completed all preliminary steps to allow ratification of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products before 2 July 2018; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	135856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The government is fully committed to the Protocol and its ratification and I can confirm that the preliminary steps to achieve this have begun. Subject to Parliamentary approval, the government plans to complete the ratification process before 2 July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/04/2018 12:11:52 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

892335

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for that reasons the UK has not ratified the WHO Protocol to Eliminate the Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	138456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The government is fully committed to the Protocol and preliminary steps to achieve ratification have begun. Subject to Parliamentary approval, the government plans to complete the ratification process by 2 July 2018. This will enable the UK to participate in the first Meeting of the Parties later this year.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 01/05/2018 14:37:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth