Treasury written question – answered at on 4 September 2023.
Mark Jenkinson
Conservative, Workington
To ask the Chancellor of the exchequer, how many of the parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco that were obliged to introduce a tobacco track and trace system by 2023 have complied with that obligation.
Gareth Davies
The Exchequer Secretary
HMRC does not collect or retain this information. However, the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) secretariat provides information about the implementation and progress of the WHO FCTC on their dedicated website.
The latest Global Progress report on implementation of the Protocol can be found here. We understand the WHO are currently preparing the 2023 version which will be published in due course.
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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