Question follow-through · 109792
Electronic Cigarettes: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) automatic licence suspension and (b) revocation thresholds for retailers found repeatedly selling (i) illegal and (ii) non-compliant
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2026 · 41 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) automatic licence suspension and (b) revocation thresholds for retailers found repeatedly selling (i) illegal and (ii) non-compliant
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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12 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which is currently being considered in the House of Lords, provides powers to enable the Government to introduce a licensing scheme for the retail sale of tobacco, vapes, and nicotine products, and also to specify the grounds o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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