Mark Garnier – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Garnier on 2015-02-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to paragraph 132 of the judgment of the European Court of Justice in the case C-491/01 – British American Tobacco (Investments) and Imperial Tobacco, 10 December 2002, if he will ensure that legislative proposals he plans to bring forward on the standardised packaging of tobacco will meet the standard set down in that judgment for sufficient space to be provided on that packaging to affix other material, in particular concerning trademarks.

Jane Ellison

In coming to its decision to proceed with the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Regulations, the Government has given careful consideration to all the legal issues, including the implications of relevant European case law.