Home Office written question – answered at on 5 January 2015.
Jesse Norman
Conservative, Hereford and South Herefordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has issued to local authorities and police forces on the use of closure orders to tackle shops that persistently (a) sell prohibited goods to underage persons and (b) sell smuggled or counterfeit tobacco.
Lynne Featherstone
The Minister of State, Home Department
The Home Office has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
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