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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


Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Fri 26 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) We are providing private sector-led growth, driving reform and unlocking obstacles to trade and investment - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Instability and war could bring refugees and migrants, huge disruption to trade and energy shortages, - Speech Link
3: Baroness Meyer (Con - Life peer) As the trade envoy to Ukraine, I am particularly proud of the United Kingdom’s steadfast support. - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) been concerned for some time that the Government have been too slow in ridding the United Kingdom of illicit - Speech Link
5: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The new Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation will further strengthen the enforcement of our trade - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2024 - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North) It is right to put them in their classifications, but there will still be an illicit market for them, - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 - Tue 23 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) My understanding is that there has been a 96% reduction in trade from Russia and a 74% reduction in trade - Speech Link
2: None There should be no safe havens for illicit funds and the OTs are committed to meeting the highest standards - Speech Link
3: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) Has there been an impact on the trade, which seems to be leaking? - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
COP10: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control - Thu 18 Jan 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrew Lewer (Con - Northampton South) Between 2020 and 2023, more than 2.5 million illicit vapes were seized by trading standards across 125 - Speech Link
2: Virendra Sharma (Lab - Ealing, Southall) specialist services, recognise the harm the industry does to our communities and tackle the illegal tobacco trade - Speech Link
3: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) approach to enforcement is a crucial part of making sure that it has a real-world effect.Under-age and illicit - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Illegal Vapes - Tue 16 Jan 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) the result of some people giving up smoking, but we know that the real underlying cause is that the trade - Speech Link
2: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) all vapes would be illicit. - Speech Link
3: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) trade in tobacco and vapes. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Smokefree Future - Thu 11 Jan 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Ian Paisley (DUP - North Antrim) That view is lifted from the US State Department’s 2015 report, “The Global Illicit Trade in Tobacco: - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) smoking is endemic.The UK has made massive strides in reducing the trade in illicit tobacco over the - Speech Link
3: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) We are cracking down on this evil and illicit trade by backing enforcement agencies including Border - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
NatWest: Account Terminations and Branch Closures - Wed 10 Jan 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) , the trade magazine, has monitored all bank closures since 2015 and has calculated that in that period - Speech Link
2: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) between the information the banks have about the client and any concerns about their involvement in illicit - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
North Korea - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Sarfraz (Con - Life peer) two offshore patrol vessels: HMS “Tamar” and HMS “Spey”.I declare an interest as the Prime Minister’s trade - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) the world’s largest economies, the world’s second-largest semiconductor manufacturer and a key global trade - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill [HL]
Committee stage - Mon 11 Dec 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Fox (LD - Life peer) personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs or trade - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) crossing our borders each day, those that may contain illegal items such as drugs, firearms and other illicit - Speech Link
3: None exploitation and abuse, as noted by the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, cybercrime, fraud, money laundering and illicit - Speech Link