Written questions, answers and statements

Bangladesh: British American Tobacco

Show full question

Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 105750, tabled on 6 October 2017

Question

Bob Blackman
Conservative
Harrow East
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has given assistance to British American Tobacco in its challenge to the claim for unpaid VAT brought against it by the Government of Bangladesh; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

Mark Field
Conservative
Cities of London and Westminster
Commons

Answered on

16 October 2017

Her Majesty’s Government continues to engage with the Government of Bangladesh over what is, in our view, discriminatory action against a British company. Guidance was issued in December 2013 to assist compliance with the World Health Organisation’s Frame​work Convention on Tobacco Control and we have observed the guidelines for support to the tobacco industry at all times.

Answered by

Foreign and Commonwealth Office