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1196542

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has for the tobacco track and trace system in the UK at the end of the transition period; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	48391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>At the end of the transition period, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) will need to make some changes to the tobacco track and trace system for it to continue to operate. The changes will be kept to the minimum necessary to enable the UK to have full regulatory control.</p><p> </p><p>The government has not made an assessment of the potential effect on levels of counterfeit goods of a suspension of the track and trace system as it remains committed to having a system in place at the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>The government has no plans to make any changes to the end of the sell through period. From 20 May 2020, all cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco manufactured in or imported into the UK must be marked with a unique identifier code and security label. Businesses with any unmarked stock after this date should return it in accordance with the existing procedures they have in place with their suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>Product which fails to comply with the requirements after the sell through period will be liable to forfeiture. Where HMRC is satisfied that a business is not complying with the requirements it may issue a notice for the business to remedy any non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To promote and assess compliance across the tobacco supply chain, HMRC has been working with tobacco manufacturers, retailers and relevant trade bodies to make them aware of their requirements and the sell through period. A key indicator of industry compliance is the high volume of businesses registered to use the system. As of the end of April, over 42,000 economic operators and approximately 65,000 premises were registered on the system.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate for HMRC to publish detailed information about their operational response during the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the public can be assured that HMRC will support legitimate businesses and individuals while taking tough action against serious criminal activity and those evading and avoiding paying tax.</p><p> </p><p>It is right that HMRC does everything possible to protect individuals, businesses and the economy during this extremely difficult time.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 48392 48393 48394 48395 48396 question first answered 22/05/2020 09:00:40 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1196543

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government will take to enforce the deadline of 20 May 2020 whereby cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco products that are not sold through cannot be sold.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	48392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>At the end of the transition period, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) will need to make some changes to the tobacco track and trace system for it to continue to operate. The changes will be kept to the minimum necessary to enable the UK to have full regulatory control.</p><p> </p><p>The government has not made an assessment of the potential effect on levels of counterfeit goods of a suspension of the track and trace system as it remains committed to having a system in place at the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>The government has no plans to make any changes to the end of the sell through period. From 20 May 2020, all cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco manufactured in or imported into the UK must be marked with a unique identifier code and security label. Businesses with any unmarked stock after this date should return it in accordance with the existing procedures they have in place with their suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>Product which fails to comply with the requirements after the sell through period will be liable to forfeiture. Where HMRC is satisfied that a business is not complying with the requirements it may issue a notice for the business to remedy any non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To promote and assess compliance across the tobacco supply chain, HMRC has been working with tobacco manufacturers, retailers and relevant trade bodies to make them aware of their requirements and the sell through period. A key indicator of industry compliance is the high volume of businesses registered to use the system. As of the end of April, over 42,000 economic operators and approximately 65,000 premises were registered on the system.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate for HMRC to publish detailed information about their operational response during the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the public can be assured that HMRC will support legitimate businesses and individuals while taking tough action against serious criminal activity and those evading and avoiding paying tax.</p><p> </p><p>It is right that HMRC does everything possible to protect individuals, businesses and the economy during this extremely difficult time.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 48391 48393 48394 48395 48396 question first answered 22/05/2020 09:00:40 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1196544

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has for the tobacco track and trace system at the end of the sell-through period on 20 May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	48393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>At the end of the transition period, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) will need to make some changes to the tobacco track and trace system for it to continue to operate. The changes will be kept to the minimum necessary to enable the UK to have full regulatory control.</p><p> </p><p>The government has not made an assessment of the potential effect on levels of counterfeit goods of a suspension of the track and trace system as it remains committed to having a system in place at the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>The government has no plans to make any changes to the end of the sell through period. From 20 May 2020, all cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco manufactured in or imported into the UK must be marked with a unique identifier code and security label. Businesses with any unmarked stock after this date should return it in accordance with the existing procedures they have in place with their suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>Product which fails to comply with the requirements after the sell through period will be liable to forfeiture. Where HMRC is satisfied that a business is not complying with the requirements it may issue a notice for the business to remedy any non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To promote and assess compliance across the tobacco supply chain, HMRC has been working with tobacco manufacturers, retailers and relevant trade bodies to make them aware of their requirements and the sell through period. A key indicator of industry compliance is the high volume of businesses registered to use the system. As of the end of April, over 42,000 economic operators and approximately 65,000 premises were registered on the system.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate for HMRC to publish detailed information about their operational response during the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the public can be assured that HMRC will support legitimate businesses and individuals while taking tough action against serious criminal activity and those evading and avoiding paying tax.</p><p> </p><p>It is right that HMRC does everything possible to protect individuals, businesses and the economy during this extremely difficult time.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 48391 48392 48394 48395 48396 question first answered 22/05/2020 09:00:40 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1196545

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what will happen to non-compliant tobacco track and trace stock on 20 May 2020; and how compliance with that deadline will be enforced during the covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	48394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>At the end of the transition period, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) will need to make some changes to the tobacco track and trace system for it to continue to operate. The changes will be kept to the minimum necessary to enable the UK to have full regulatory control.</p><p> </p><p>The government has not made an assessment of the potential effect on levels of counterfeit goods of a suspension of the track and trace system as it remains committed to having a system in place at the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>The government has no plans to make any changes to the end of the sell through period. From 20 May 2020, all cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco manufactured in or imported into the UK must be marked with a unique identifier code and security label. Businesses with any unmarked stock after this date should return it in accordance with the existing procedures they have in place with their suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>Product which fails to comply with the requirements after the sell through period will be liable to forfeiture. Where HMRC is satisfied that a business is not complying with the requirements it may issue a notice for the business to remedy any non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To promote and assess compliance across the tobacco supply chain, HMRC has been working with tobacco manufacturers, retailers and relevant trade bodies to make them aware of their requirements and the sell through period. A key indicator of industry compliance is the high volume of businesses registered to use the system. As of the end of April, over 42,000 economic operators and approximately 65,000 premises were registered on the system.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate for HMRC to publish detailed information about their operational response during the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the public can be assured that HMRC will support legitimate businesses and individuals while taking tough action against serious criminal activity and those evading and avoiding paying tax.</p><p> </p><p>It is right that HMRC does everything possible to protect individuals, businesses and the economy during this extremely difficult time.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 48391 48392 48393 48395 48396 question first answered 22/05/2020 09:00:40 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1196546

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of tobacco (a) manufacturers', (b) wholesalers' and (c) retailers' level of compliance with the tobacco track and trace 20 May 2020 sell through period deadline.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	48395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>At the end of the transition period, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) will need to make some changes to the tobacco track and trace system for it to continue to operate. The changes will be kept to the minimum necessary to enable the UK to have full regulatory control.</p><p> </p><p>The government has not made an assessment of the potential effect on levels of counterfeit goods of a suspension of the track and trace system as it remains committed to having a system in place at the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>The government has no plans to make any changes to the end of the sell through period. From 20 May 2020, all cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco manufactured in or imported into the UK must be marked with a unique identifier code and security label. Businesses with any unmarked stock after this date should return it in accordance with the existing procedures they have in place with their suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>Product which fails to comply with the requirements after the sell through period will be liable to forfeiture. Where HMRC is satisfied that a business is not complying with the requirements it may issue a notice for the business to remedy any non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To promote and assess compliance across the tobacco supply chain, HMRC has been working with tobacco manufacturers, retailers and relevant trade bodies to make them aware of their requirements and the sell through period. A key indicator of industry compliance is the high volume of businesses registered to use the system. As of the end of April, over 42,000 economic operators and approximately 65,000 premises were registered on the system.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate for HMRC to publish detailed information about their operational response during the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the public can be assured that HMRC will support legitimate businesses and individuals while taking tough action against serious criminal activity and those evading and avoiding paying tax.</p><p> </p><p>It is right that HMRC does everything possible to protect individuals, businesses and the economy during this extremely difficult time.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 48391 48392 48393 48394 48396 question first answered 22/05/2020 09:00:41 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1196547

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential effect on levels of counterfeit goods of a suspension of the tobacco track and trace system at the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	48396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>At the end of the transition period, HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) will need to make some changes to the tobacco track and trace system for it to continue to operate. The changes will be kept to the minimum necessary to enable the UK to have full regulatory control.</p><p> </p><p>The government has not made an assessment of the potential effect on levels of counterfeit goods of a suspension of the track and trace system as it remains committed to having a system in place at the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p>The government has no plans to make any changes to the end of the sell through period. From 20 May 2020, all cigarettes and hand-rolling tobacco manufactured in or imported into the UK must be marked with a unique identifier code and security label. Businesses with any unmarked stock after this date should return it in accordance with the existing procedures they have in place with their suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>Product which fails to comply with the requirements after the sell through period will be liable to forfeiture. Where HMRC is satisfied that a business is not complying with the requirements it may issue a notice for the business to remedy any non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To promote and assess compliance across the tobacco supply chain, HMRC has been working with tobacco manufacturers, retailers and relevant trade bodies to make them aware of their requirements and the sell through period. A key indicator of industry compliance is the high volume of businesses registered to use the system. As of the end of April, over 42,000 economic operators and approximately 65,000 premises were registered on the system.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate for HMRC to publish detailed information about their operational response during the COVID-19 outbreak. However, the public can be assured that HMRC will support legitimate businesses and individuals while taking tough action against serious criminal activity and those evading and avoiding paying tax.</p><p> </p><p>It is right that HMRC does everything possible to protect individuals, businesses and the economy during this extremely difficult time.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 48391 48392 48393 48394 48395 question first answered 22/05/2020 09:00:41 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1186936

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Ministers of Religion: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she has taken through her immigration policies to enable religious workers from India to staff places of worship in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	901701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of faith across our communities in the UK, welcoming the value added by members of religious institutions from across the world.</p><p>This is reflected by dedicated immigration routes for Ministers of Religion and Religious Workers. These enable religious ministers and workers, including those from India, to live and practice their faith in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/03/2020 17:32:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1183291

registered interest
date	06/03/2020
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Iran: Identity Cards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the (a) access to fundamental rights of Iranian citizens who do not have a new digitised ID card and (b) effect of that new system on (i) members of the Baha’i community and (ii) others not recognised under the 1979 constitution; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	26142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of reports that Iran's Baha'i community are being prevented from obtaining identity cards under new rules, depriving them of accessing many basic services. We remain concerned about the continued harassment and mistreatment that the Baha'i and other minority religious groups face. We support the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran's assessment that discrimination against the Baha'is in Iran is sanctioned by a lack of constitutional recognition. We regularly call upon Iran to cease harassment of all religious minorities and to fulfil its international and domestic obligations to protect freedom of religion or belief to all Iranians.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 12/03/2020 15:02:58 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1169349

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	United Kingdom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to help strengthen the Union.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	900097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2020 answer text <p>Strengthening and Sustaining the Union is a key priority for the UK Government.</p><p> </p><p>We want 2020 to be a year of growth and opportunity for Scotland and the whole of the United Kingdom, not one of further division and uncertainty.</p> answering member constituency Dumfries and Galloway answering member printed Mr Alister Jack question first answered 08/01/2020 15:10:51 answering member 4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1167924

registered interest
date	05/11/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	India: Foreign Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What diplomatic steps he has taken to strengthen UK relations with India.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	900307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The UK’s bilateral relationship with India is strong and growing. It is broad, covering trade and investment, people-to-people connections, and being a Force for Good in the world. The Foreign Secretary met Foreign Minister Jaishankar on his first overseas visit, to ASEAN on 1 August, and the Prime Minister met Prime Minister Modi at the G7 in August. They agreed that we should expand ambition of trade relationship as we leave the EU. The Prince of Wales will visit India in November to celebrate the depth and richness of the UK-India relationship.</p><p>New rules on post-study work visas announced in October will ensure we attract India’s best and brightest to mutual advantage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/11/2019 14:51:43 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman