Question follow-through · 107093

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department has taken to help support Trading Standards services in Suffolk in responding to organised criminal activity linked to the sale of illegal tobacco and vaping products.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
22 Jan 2026
Answer
30 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department has taken to help support Trading Standards services in Suffolk in responding to organised criminal activity linked to the sale of illegal tobacco and vaping products.

  2. 22 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 30 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the hon member to the answer on 27 October 2025 to UIN 84365 Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Smuggling. Operation CeCe is a joint UK-wide initiative between HMRC and Trading Standards to target the illicit tobacco trade. Since it began in Janua...

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