Speeches

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, what consideration he gave to owners and other beneficiaries of intellectual property rights relating to tobacco products in deciding to bring forward legislative proposals for standardised packaging.

Jane Ellison

The Government has given careful consideration to all of the wider aspects that relate to standardised packaging of tobacco, including intellectual property rights.

The Government has also published an impact assessment, assessing the costs and benefits of the policy. This can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/standardised-packaging-of-tobacco-products-draft-regulations