Virendra Sharma – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Virendra Sharma on 2016-07-18.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will take steps to ensure that all heated tobacco-based products are subject to the same excise rates.

Jane Ellison

As announced at Budget 2016, the government will consult on the duty treatment of heated tobacco products later this year.

Heated tobacco products are a recent innovation in the tobacco market and are not directly captured by current legislation, though the tobacco they contain is subject to excise duty under current legislation.