Clause 1 - Rates of tobacco products duty
Finance Bill
9:15 am
Mr Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford, Conservative)
The Economic Secretary has rightly highlighted Customs and Excise's welcome successes in these measures. Can he confirm to the Committee that 27 per cent. of all tobacco consumed here is non-UK duty paid? The worry is that that masks hidden smuggling and counterfeiting.