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Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking at a retail level to tackle the illicit tobacco trade.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
12 Sept 2024
Answer
17 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking at a retail level to tackle the illicit tobacco trade.

  2. 12 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    HMRC works closely with local authorities to help tackle illicit tobacco trade at a retail level. In January 2021 HMRC and National Trading Standards launched Operation CeCe. This joint initiative builds on decades of partnership working with local Tradin...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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