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845756

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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

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

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

845762

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	Revenue and Customs: Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what joint research work has been undertaken between HMRC and the tobacco industry in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	128734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p><strong></strong>HM Revenue and Customs has undertaken no joint research with the tobacco industry in these years.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/02/2018 13:06:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

845763

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	Treasury: Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department met with representatives from the tobacco industry in (i) 2016 and (ii) 2017; and what the topics of discussion were in each of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	128735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>Treasury ministers and officials engage with a wide range of stakeholders, and details of Ministerial meetings are published in the Department’s Quarterly Transparency Return on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>Details of policy meetings between HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the tobacco industry are also published on GOV.UK. HMRC does not provide details of meetings with individual tobacco manufacturers to discuss their tax affairs or those concerning information to support HMRC’s enforcement activities.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/02/2018 13:03:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

845764

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	Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research his Department has undertaken on the potential effect of introducing track and trace technology on reducing the amount of lost excise duty on (a) tobacco, (b) beer, (c) wine and (d) spirits.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	128736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs continues to explore how technology, including track and trace systems could improve taxpayer compliance and help tackle the illicit trade in excise goods.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs has conducted no formal research into the potential effect of track and track systems on reducing the amount of lost excise duty. However, the European Commission published an assessment of the impact of implementation of a track and trace system for tobacco products across the EU at: <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/tobacco/docs/2015_tpd_tracking_tracing_frep_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/tobacco/docs/2015_tpd_tracking_tracing_frep_en.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In November 2017, the UK voted to adopt EU regulations for the introduction of a pan-European track and trace system for tobacco products - a requirement of the EU Tobacco Products Directive 2014. This system will also meet the requirements of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Illicit Trade Protocol, to which the UK is a signatory. The aim of the Protocol is to protect public health and includes the creation of a global tracking system to secure the supply chain for tobacco products.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/02/2018 13:02:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth