Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of links between tobacco smuggling and organised crime.

Tobacco smuggling is a global, highly-profitable business, dominated by organised crime groups with the resources to continually adapt their methods in an attempt to evade UK controls. Border Force and HMRC are working collaboratively across Government and with overseas partners to disrupt tobacco smuggling and implement civil penalties and sanctions against criminals.