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906383

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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

906386

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	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the sale of illegal tobacco.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	145407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The joint HMRC/Border Force strategy to tackle illicit tobacco (‘Tackling Illicit Tobacco: From leaf to light’) published on 24 March 2015 reinforced the government’s commitment to tackle illicit tobacco at all points in the supply chain. This was further demonstrated by increased investment in resources to fight this fraud announced at Summer Budget 2015 and Budget 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Effective action requires collaboration across government and HMRC and Border Force work closely with other enforcement agencies, including Trading Standards and the police to target those involved in the fraud. In the last two years alone, over 2.8 billion illicit cigarettes and over 660 tonnes of hand-rolling tobacco have been seized resulting in approximately 700 prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has also reviewed the impact of sanctions and is currently developing options, with particular focus on the approach taken to repeat offenders.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with international commitments, HMRC is also developing a new track and trace system for tobacco products. This will go live in May 2019 and will make it easier to identify where genuine product has been diverted into the illicit market and more difficult for illicit goods to enter the legitimate market.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/05/2018 13:20:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore