Question follow-through · 88611

Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken to tackle the trade of illegal tobacco.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
10 Nov 2025
Target answer date
12 Nov 2025
Answer
13 Nov 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken to tackle the trade of illegal tobacco.

  2. 12 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the response to UIN 77749.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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