Information between 5th May 2024 - 12th September 2024
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Parliamentary Debates |
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Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Sixth sitting)
97 speeches (13,544 words) Committee stage: 6th sitting Thursday 9th May 2024 - Public Bill Committees Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) years to support HMRC and Border Force’s new illicit tobacco strategy, which will seek to tackle the illicit - Link to Speech 2: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) That would ensure that the illicit trade is suppressed and does not rear its ugly head and that it is - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Tuesday 14th May 2024
Oral Evidence - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Stephen Hickey The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa - Foreign Affairs Committee Found: You are right about the illicit trade. |
Written Answers |
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Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Smuggling
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford) Monday 2nd September 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend powers from HMRC to Trading Standards to provide on-the-spot fines for retailers selling illegal (a) tobacco and (b) vape products. Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) HM Revenue and Customs does not have the power to issue on-the-spot fines for retailers selling illegal tobacco or vaping products. Those convicted of selling illegal products could face penalties, including imprisonment or an unlimited fine. However, the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which will be introduced to Parliament in the coming weeks, will strengthen enforcement at the local level, to support implementation of the measures in the bill and support our ambition to create a smoke-free United Kingdom. The bill will provide Trading Standards with the option to issue fixed penalty notices, which are on-the-spot fines, for certain offences. The new fixed penalty notices will be in addition to existing sanctions, including the existing fine of £2,500 for underage sales, allowing Trading Standards to take quicker action instead of escalating to a court process. A strong and proportionate approach to enforcement is essential to prevent illicit trade and underage sales undermining our efforts to create a smoke-free country. HM Revenue and Customs and Border Force’s new joint illicit tobacco strategy sets out their continued commitment to reduce the trade in, and demand for, illicit tobacco, and to tackle and disrupt the organised crime groups behind the illicit tobacco trade. Work to enhance illicit vapes enforcement, led by National Trading Standards and funded by a £3 million grant over two years, 2023/24 and 2024/25, from the Department of Health and Social Care, will build on existing work to tackle illicit vapes by Trading Standards across the country. |
Bill Documents |
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May. 14 2024
Written evidence submitted by Imperial Brands (TVB55) Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2023-24 Written evidence Found: tobacco products, which would be both unworkable and unenforceable, and would see an explosion of illicit |
May. 14 2024
Written evidence submitted by HM Revenue & Customs (TVB42) Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2023-24 Written evidence Found: Our recent strategy also identified a greater need to now tackl e the illicit trade by reducing the |
May. 14 2024
Written evidence submitted by Cancer Research UK (TVB41) Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2023-24 Written evidence Found: also confident that raising the age of sale to create a smokefree generation would not worsen the illicit |
Department Publications - Guidance |
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Wednesday 24th July 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products [TS No.52/2024] Document: (PDF) Found: Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products [TS No.52/2024] |
Wednesday 24th July 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products [TS No.52/2024] Document: Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products [TS No.52/2024] (webpage) Found: Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products [TS No.52/2024] |
Thursday 9th May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Source Page: Call for Proposals: UKISF Pacific Programme Document: UK WPS National Action Plan (PDF, 8.5MB) (PDF) Found: impact on men, women, boys and girls and we acknowledge that women and girls play diverse roles in the illicit |
Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency |
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Aug. 08 2024
National Gallery Source Page: The National Gallery Annual Report and Accounts 2023 to 2024 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: taking into account guidelines published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Combating Illicit |
Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation |
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May. 09 2024
UK Integrated Security Fund Source Page: Call for Proposals: UKISF Pacific Programme Document: UK WPS National Action Plan (PDF, 8.5MB) (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: impact on men, women, boys and girls and we acknowledge that women and girls play diverse roles in the illicit |
Scottish Parliamentary Debates |
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Subordinate Legislation
143 speeches (80,758 words) Tuesday 3rd September 2024 - Committee Mentions: 1: Lennon, Monica (Lab - Central Scotland) Scotland.”With that in mind, how will the regulations be enforced—in particular to mitigate the risk of illicit - Link to Speech 2: Lennon, Monica (Lab - Central Scotland) What is the strategy for tackling illicit trade? - Link to Speech |
Tobacco and Vapes Bill
120 speeches (60,096 words) Tuesday 21st May 2024 - Committee Mentions: 1: None for staff as well.The one thing that neither committee members nor John Dunne have discussed is the illicit - Link to Speech 2: None Trading standards does not have the same search and seize powers.We also know of some well-established illicit - Link to Speech |
Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
63 speeches (98,813 words) Thursday 9th May 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Harper, Emma (SNP - South Scotland) website.Although those steps are welcome, as the SSPCA has said, more targeted action is needed to combat the illicit - Link to Speech |