Question follow-through · 16826

Import Duties: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what estimate

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Treasury
Tabled
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
9 Jul 2026
Answer
15 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 7 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what estimate

  2. 9 Jul 2026

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  3. 15 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    HM Revenue and Customs has developed estimates of the revenue impacts of reforming the customs treatment of low value imports for policy development and forecasting purposes. As set out at Autumn Budget 2025, the Government estimated that reforming the cu...

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