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Commons Chamber
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
2nd reading - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) Lady, because the illicit trade is often the greatest in the most deprived areas of the country, and - Speech Link
2: Wes Streeting (Lab - Ilford North) In the press today, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, the right hon. - Speech Link
3: Craig Whittaker (Con - Calder Valley) The legislation underestimates the scale of the illicit tobacco trade already in the UK and will promote - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 26 Mar 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Emma Hardy (Lab - Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) should encourage all funeral directors to subject themselves to voluntary regulation by one of the trade - Speech Link
2: Mike Freer (Con - Finchley and Golders Green) This afternoon, I am meeting the two major trade bodies to discuss how they can assist with voluntary - Speech Link
3: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) including body scanners with very high resolution, so that people coming into jails can be scanned for illicit - Speech Link
4: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) doubled, and we have completed our £100 million security investment programme to clamp down on the illicit - Speech Link
5: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) We have the £100 million security measures to tackle illicit drugs and mobile phones—the sorts of things - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Authorised Officers) Order 2024 - Mon 18 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) How is the Home Office working with other departments, such as the Department for Business and Trade, - Speech Link
2: None up to international standards and increase our ability to support requests from partners to prevent illicit - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 15 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Ashley Dalton (Lab - West Lancashire) As with any illicit industry, the true figure could well be far higher.It is with those issues in mind - Speech Link
2: Jane Hunt (Con - Loughborough) Sadly, the trade is big business. - Speech Link
3: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) intentions behind the Bill are endorsed across the House and by my constituents, and tackling this illicit - Speech Link
4: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) It aims finally to end that barbaric practice and trade. - Speech Link
5: Steve Reed (LAB - Croydon North) It is a trade with a total value of £3 billion. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) amendments to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill.Tuesday 19 March—Remaining stages of the Trade - Speech Link
2: Liam Byrne (Lab - Birmingham, Hodge Hill) No other Department has missed the deadline; only the Department for Business and Trade. - Speech Link
3: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) Council civic enforcement, I have been shocked to learn of the widespread sale of illegal vapes and illicit - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) agencies—including trading standards, His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and Border Force—to tackle the illicit - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Illegal Drug Use and Organised Crime - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Gregory Campbell (DUP - East Londonderry) able to influence society not for good but to peddle death and destruction in the wake of their drug trade - Speech Link
2: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) The trade is driven by organised crime’s relentless pursuit of money; it seeks the maximum profit for - Speech Link
3: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) Member for East Londonderry said is the key component in understanding the drug trade. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Situation in the Red Sea - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) the fourth such operation to degrade the Houthi capabilities that are being used to threaten global trade - Speech Link
2: Martin Docherty-Hughes (SNP - West Dunbartonshire) Secretary of State is concerned that we are not only strengthening that axis of resistance but, with illicit - Speech Link
3: Greg Smith (Con - Buckingham) In conjunction with the Treasury and the Department for Business and Trade, has my right hon. - Speech Link
4: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) He asked about the ongoing assessments by the Department for Business and Trade and the Treasury, and - Speech Link
5: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) How quickly can those steps be taken to secure the sea routes and trade for all countries across the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Food Import Requirements - Wed 14 Feb 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) The BTOM aims to strike the right balance between allowing trade to flow and protecting our domestic - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) of Dover is concerned that the decision to have physical checks so far from its border will enable illicit - Speech Link
3: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) the BTOM is to provide that balance between the necessity to check for our biosecurity and allowing trade - Speech Link
4: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) biosecurity checks to make sure that we are protected—not just our farmers and our consumers but the trade - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill
Committee stage - Mon 05 Feb 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) by damaging reviews, or the local competition down the road receives glowing fake reviews which take trade - Speech Link
2: None Descriptions Act 1968 (c. 29) 2 In section 12(3) of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (false representations - Speech Link


Written Statements
Smoking and Vaping - Mon 29 Jan 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) be an effective tool to help smokers to quit, we are incredibly worried about the alarming levels of illicit - Speech Link