Tobacco: Excise Duties
Commons · Question 9134 · Tabled 15 Oct 2024 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the powers of Trading Standards officers to tackle tobacco duty avoidance.
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 23 Oct 2024
Trading Standards have a range of powers to effectively tackle the illicit supply of tobacco. In 2023 those powers were extended to enable Trading Standards to tackle non-compliance with the UK’s Tobacco Track and Trace system, which regulates tobacco at ...