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Written Question
Tobacco: Smuggling
Wednesday 10th November 2021

Asked by: Robert Goodwill (Conservative - Scarborough and Whitby)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what positions the UK Government plans to take on the agenda items being discussed at the WHO Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products in November 2021; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The UK is a Party to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (the Protocol), which supports our objective to improve international coordination to tackle tobacco fraud at all points in the supply chain.

The UK position on the various agenda items at the coming Meeting of the Parties (MOP) to the Protocol is being determined in advance of the meeting and will take account of how best to achieve this objective and whether the proposals being put forward are likely to be the most effective.

No assessment has been made of any Party’s final detailed position for the MOP. However, the objectives of all Parties within the Europe region of the Protocol are often closely aligned.

The Government does not plan to make a statement.


Written Question
Tobacco: Smuggling
Wednesday 10th November 2021

Asked by: Robert Goodwill (Conservative - Scarborough and Whitby)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the EU's common positions ahead of the WHO’s Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products; and whether the UK delegation plans to support those positions at that meeting in November.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The UK is a Party to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products (the Protocol), which supports our objective to improve international coordination to tackle tobacco fraud at all points in the supply chain.

The UK position on the various agenda items at the coming Meeting of the Parties (MOP) to the Protocol is being determined in advance of the meeting and will take account of how best to achieve this objective and whether the proposals being put forward are likely to be the most effective.

No assessment has been made of any Party’s final detailed position for the MOP. However, the objectives of all Parties within the Europe region of the Protocol are often closely aligned.

The Government does not plan to make a statement.


Written Question
Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
Tuesday 26th February 2019

Asked by: Robert Goodwill (Conservative - Scarborough and Whitby)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to allocate additional funding to the Equitable Life payment victims.

Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

There are no plans to review the funding allocation made to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. Since 2010, we have taken more action than any previous government to resolve this issue by allocating up to £1.5bn, tax free, for payment to affected policyholders.