Question follow-through · 84365
Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Smuggling
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to reduce the number of illegal tobacco and vaping products on sale in North Shropshire.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 27 Oct 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to reduce the number of illegal tobacco and vaping products on sale in North Shropshire.
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to reducing the number of illicit tobacco and vaping products on sale nationally. For tobacco, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has a robust strategy to tackle the illicit tobacco trade. HMRC works closely with Trading Standards t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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