Lord Rennard – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Rennard on 2016-06-15.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to ratify the WHO protocol on the illicit trade in tobacco.

Lord O’Neill of Gatley

The Government is fully committed to implementation and ratification of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Illicit Trade Protocol. The majority of the requirements of the Protocol are already in place in the UK. HM Revenue and Customs has recently consulted on the implementation of Article 6 of the Protocol, which includes the requirement to license tobacco manufacturing machinery. The Government will ratify the Protocol once we are satisfied that the legislation is in place to meet this requirement.