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VAT On Continence Products

EDM number 1010 in 1997-98, proposed by Paul Burstow on 12/03/1998.

That this House notes that in July 1996, Customs and Excise imposed VAT at 17.5 per cent. on incontinence products which were directly delivered from the supplier to the home and that in September 1996 the then Shadow Chancellor, the Right honourable Member for Dunfermline East, rightly condemned the Conservative Government for imposing '22 Tory VAT Hikes' including incontinence products; further notes that in December 1996, a VAT tribunal ruled that home delivered continence products should be zero rated; is disappointed that in December 1997 the Government reimposed VAT; is concerned that the extra cost to the NHS is ú9 million per year and that many elderly and disabled people have been adversely affected; and calls on the Government to urgently review the matter and compensate the NHS for the increased costs.

This motion has been signed by a total of 58 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Paul Burstow12/03/1998Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratProposed
Laura Moffatt12/03/1998CrawleyLabourSigned
Edward Davey12/03/1998Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones13/03/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn13/03/1998Islington NorthLabourSigned
John Austin16/03/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Harry Barnes16/03/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge16/03/1998Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew17/03/1998StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Robert Wareing17/03/1998Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Jim Wallace17/03/1998Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler17/03/1998North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Turner17/03/1998Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Mike Hancock17/03/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Fearn17/03/1998SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cunningham17/03/1998Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe17/03/1998LeighLabourSigned
Eric Clarke17/03/1998MidlothianLabourSigned
Colin Breed17/03/1998South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd17/03/1998Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones17/03/1998Ynys MPlaid CymruSigned
Martin Smyth17/03/1998Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Bob Russell17/03/1998ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Alice Mahon18/03/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
Peter Brand18/03/1998Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable18/03/1998TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Roy Beggs18/03/1998East AntrimUUPSigned
Audrey Wise18/03/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell19/03/1998Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Ray Michie19/03/1998Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey19/03/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Cummings19/03/1998EasingtonLabourSigned
Syd Rapson23/03/1998Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer23/03/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis23/03/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara25/03/1998Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara26/03/1998Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham26/03/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours30/03/1998WorkingtonLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell31/03/1998Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Janet Dean01/04/1998BurtonLabourSigned
Nigel Jones02/04/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris06/04/1998Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen06/04/1998Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Marsha Singh07/04/1998Bradford WestLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe28/04/1998WellingboroughLabourSigned
David Heath29/04/1998Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington30/04/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Mark Oaten11/05/1998WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George19/05/1998St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Martyn Jones21/05/1998Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone16/07/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Terry Davis24/07/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Bill Olner31/07/1998NuneatonLabourSigned
Phil Sawford02/09/1998KetteringLabourSigned
Joe Benton22/10/1998BootleLabourSigned
Alan Simpson29/10/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell04/11/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned

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