Tobacco Control Plan Debate
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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
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Tobacco Control Plan
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Lord Markham (Con)
I will take everything I can. Clearly, we need to stop cigarettes coming in by all illegal means.
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab)
The Government also lose a lot of income through illegal importation. If the Government are working very hard indeed to prevent it, can the noble Lord please spell out what they are doing? As I understand it, the number of staff involved at the ports is being cut.
Lord Markham (Con)
I do not have the figures on that, so I will need to give the noble Lord a detailed reply.