questionText: 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.
answerText: 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 ...
heading: Tobacco: Excise Duties