Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the March 2015 Budget, what progress the Government has made on establishing a cross-government ministerial group to oversee future evolution of the anti-illicit tobacco strategy.

The refreshed strategy ‘Tackling illicit tobacco: from leaf to light’, published on 24 March 2015, makes it clear that this problem requires collaboration across government. Further details on the establishment of a cross government ministerial group will be released in due course.

The joint HMRC/Border Force strategy to tackle illicit tobacco can be accessed on GOV.UK:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tackling-illicit-tobacco-from-leaf-to-light