HC Deb 04 July 2000 vol 353 cc176-7W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the revenue yield from increasing tobacco taxation by(a) 5p, (b) 10p and (c) 20p per packet of cigarettes. [127601]

Mr. Timms

[holding answer 27 June 2000]: Indicative estimates of the revenue effects of changes in tobacco taxation were published in the Treasury's "Tax Ready Reckoner and Tax Reliefs" in November 1999.