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Written question asked by Lord Moonie (Labour) on Monday, 24 April 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 May 2017. It was answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 April 2017 on behalf of the Treasury.


Chewing Gum: Taxation

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the introduction of a tax on chewing gum to be used to fund local authority clean-up programmes for discarded gum.

Answer

The Government published the Litter Strategy for England on 10 April. The Strategy sets out a range of measures to tackle litter, which includes chewing gum, and littering behaviour.

HM Treasury has not given consideration to the introduction of a tax on chewing gum.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL6797
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Chewing gum Finance Taxation Street cleaning
Link
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