Asked by: Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consideration he gave to owners and other beneficiaries of intellectual property rights relating to tobacco products in deciding to bring forward legislative proposals for standardised packaging.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Government has given careful consideration to all of the wider aspects that relate to standardised packaging of tobacco, including intellectual property rights.
The Government has also published an impact assessment, assessing the costs and benefits of the policy. This can be found at:
Asked by: Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to commission or conduct research on the potential cost of compensation to the intellectual property sector for the proposed introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco.
Answered by Jane Ellison
The Government has carefully considered all issues relevant to the introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco products, including legal aspects.
Asked by: Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take in response to the request of the Regulatory Policy Committee that compensation be included as a transition cost in a revised impact assessment of the proposed introduction of standardised packaging.
Answered by Jane Ellison
A final impact assessment, reflecting available evidence and the summary report of consultation responses will be published in due course.
Asked by: Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to revise the impact assessment for the proposed introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco in response to the analysis of that impact assessment by the Regulatory Policy Committee; and what plans he has to commission research to support such a revision.
Answered by Jane Ellison
A final impact assessment, reflecting available evidence and the summary report of consultation responses will be published in due course.