Tobacco Smuggling (EDM381)

Tobacco Smuggling

EDM number 381 in 2003-04, proposed by John Cummings on 08/01/2004.

That this House notes with dismay that smuggling of tobacco products into the UK continues at such a seriously high level that 26 per cent. of all cigarettes smoked in the UK are non-UK duty-paid; further notes that the influx of illegal tobacco is threatening the jobs of workers in the British tobacco manufacturing industry, is resulting in the average independent retailer losing almost Ãº1,000 per week in tobacco sales and is depriving Her Majesty's Treasury of more than Ãº3 billion in annual unpaid duties; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to accept that until UK tobacco tax levels are brought more into line with those of our European partners, smuggling-related crime will rise, more independent retailers will lose business and more jobs will be lost across the United Kingdom.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Cummings	08/01/2004	Easington	Labour	Proposed
Ann Cryer	12/01/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	12/01/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	13/01/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Kevin McNamara	13/01/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	13/01/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	13/01/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Adrian Flook	13/01/2004	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	13/01/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	13/01/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/01/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	14/01/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	14/01/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	15/01/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	15/01/2004	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	15/01/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	19/01/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	20/01/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Roy Beggs	20/01/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
David Trimble	21/01/2004	Upper Bann	UUP	Signed
David Burnside	21/01/2004	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Nigel Jones	21/01/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	21/01/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Ian Paisley	28/01/2004	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
Frank Cook	28/01/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	28/01/2004	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	02/02/2004	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	02/02/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Olner	03/02/2004	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	03/02/2004	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	04/02/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	05/02/2004	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	05/02/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	09/02/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	11/02/2004	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	23/02/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Andy King	24/02/2004	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	24/02/2004	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	02/03/2004	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Clarke	23/03/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed

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