VAT On Sanitary Products
EDM number 683 in 1997-98, proposed by Chris McCafferty on 22/01/1998.
That this House believes that sanitary products should be classed in the category of 'essential to the family budget', just as food, children's clothing and books already are, and that, like such products, they should be classed as VAT-free under the EC Sixth Directive; notes that Britain currently has one of Europe's highest rates of VAT on sanitary products and that 15 million British women spend in excess of ú300 million a year on products that are necessary to personal hygiene; further notes that removing VAT from sanitary products would only cost the Treasury 1p a year for every woman in the country using them; calls on the Government to reduce the VAT on sanitary products to the EU minimum of five per cent; and ask the Government to support a change in the European law so that such products can be zero-rated.
This motion has been signed by a total of 173 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Chris McCafferty | 22/01/1998 | Calder Valley | Labour | Proposed |
John Austin | 23/01/1998 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
Kelvin Hopkins | 26/01/1998 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 26/01/1998 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
Peter Bradley | 26/01/1998 | Wrekin, The | Labour | Signed |
Jackie Ballard | 26/01/1998 | Taunton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Brian Iddon | 27/01/1998 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
Barry Jones | 27/01/1998 | Alyn & Deeside | Labour | Signed |
Alice Mahon | 27/01/1998 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 27/01/1998 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
Frank Cook | 27/01/1998 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
John Cryer | 27/01/1998 | Hornchurch | Labour | Signed |
George Galloway | 27/01/1998 | Glasgow, Kelvin | Labour | Signed |
Jane Griffiths | 27/01/1998 | Reading East | Labour | Signed |
Bob Russell | 28/01/1998 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
David Hinchliffe | 28/01/1998 | Wakefield | Labour | Signed |
Ken Livingstone | 28/01/1998 | Brent East | Labour | Signed |
Bill Michie | 28/01/1998 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
Mark Oaten | 28/01/1998 | Winchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Eric Clarke | 28/01/1998 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
Jim Cousins | 28/01/1998 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Labour | Signed |
Lawrence Cunliffe | 28/01/1998 | Leigh | Labour | Signed |
Roseanna Cunningham | 28/01/1998 | Perth | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Linda Gilroy | 28/01/1998 | Plymouth, Sutton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Norman Godman | 28/01/1998 | Greenock & Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
Roy Beggs | 28/01/1998 | East Antrim | UUP | Signed |
Paul Tyler | 28/01/1998 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Jim Wallace | 28/01/1998 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Robert Wareing | 28/01/1998 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
Audrey Wise | 28/01/1998 | Preston | Labour | Signed |
Debra Shipley | 29/01/1998 | Stourbridge | Labour | Signed |
Laura Moffatt | 29/01/1998 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
Bill O'Brien | 29/01/1998 | Normanton | Labour | Signed |
Bill Olner | 29/01/1998 | Nuneaton | Labour | Signed |
David Drew | 29/01/1998 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Gwyneth Dunwoody | 29/01/1998 | Crewe & Nantwich | Labour | Signed |
Maria Fyfe | 29/01/1998 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Labour | Signed |
Harold Best | 29/01/1998 | Leeds North West | Labour | Signed |
John Swinney | 29/01/1998 | North Tayside | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Matthew Taylor | 29/01/1998 | Truro & St Austell | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Joan Walley | 29/01/1998 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 30/01/1998 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
Tom Cox | 30/01/1998 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
John Cummings | 30/01/1998 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
Harry Barnes | 30/01/1998 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
Christine Russell | 02/02/1998 | Chester, City of | Labour | Signed |
Joan Humble | 02/02/1998 | Blackpool North & Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 02/02/1998 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
Ashok Kumar | 02/02/1998 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
Andrew Love | 02/02/1998 | Edmonton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Siobhain McDonagh | 02/02/1998 | Mitcham & Morden | Labour | Signed |
Peter Brand | 02/02/1998 | Isle of Wight | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Iain Coleman | 02/02/1998 | Hammersmith & Fulham | Labour | Signed |
Valerie Davey | 02/02/1998 | Bristol West | Labour | Signed |
Ian Davidson | 02/02/1998 | Glasgow, Pollok | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Janet Dean | 02/02/1998 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
Llin Golding | 02/02/1998 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
Teresa Gorman | 02/02/1998 | Billericay | Conservative | Signed |
Charlotte Atkins | 02/02/1998 | Staffordshire Moorlands | Labour | Signed |
Anne Begg | 02/02/1998 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
Gerry Steinberg | 02/02/1998 | Durham, City of | Labour | Signed |
Rudi Vis | 02/02/1998 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
Helen Jones | 03/02/1998 | Warrington North | Labour | Signed |
Dale Campbell-Savours | 03/02/1998 | Workington | Labour | Signed |
Edward O'Hara | 04/02/1998 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
Ann Cryer | 04/02/1998 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
Betty Williams | 04/02/1998 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
Peter Pike | 05/02/1998 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
Barry Sheerman | 05/02/1998 | Huddersfield | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Nick Harvey | 05/02/1998 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Tom Brake | 05/02/1998 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Mark Todd | 05/02/1998 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
Stephen Hesford | 06/02/1998 | Wirral West | Labour | Signed |
John McDonnell | 06/02/1998 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
Vincent Cable | 06/02/1998 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Martin Caton | 06/02/1998 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
Julie Morgan | 10/02/1998 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
Caroline Spelman | 10/02/1998 | Meriden | Conservative | Signed |
Tess Kingham | 10/02/1998 | Gloucester | Labour | Signed |
Sandra Osborne | 10/02/1998 | Ayr | Labour | Signed |
Ann Clwyd | 10/02/1998 | Cynon Valley | Labour | Signed |
Maria Eagle | 10/02/1998 | Liverpool, Garston | Labour | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 10/02/1998 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
Diana Organ | 11/02/1998 | Forest of Dean | Labour | Signed |
Claire Curtis-Thomas | 11/02/1998 | Crosby | Labour | Signed |
Kevin McNamara | 12/02/1998 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
Jeff Ennis | 12/02/1998 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
Barry Gardiner | 12/02/1998 | Brent North | Labour | Signed |
Terry Lewis | 19/02/1998 | Worsley | Labour | Signed |
Adrian Sanders | 23/02/1998 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Brian Sedgemore | 23/02/1998 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | Labour | Signed |
Denis Murphy | 23/02/1998 | Wansbeck | Labour | Signed |
Malcolm Chisholm | 23/02/1998 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour | Signed |
Robin Corbett | 23/02/1998 | Birmingham, Erdington | Labour | Signed |
Jim Dobbin | 23/02/1998 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Ian Gibson | 23/02/1998 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
Gerry Bermingham | 23/02/1998 | St Helens South | Labour | Signed |
Stephen Twigg | 23/02/1998 | Enfield, Southgate | Labour | Signed |
Raymond Powell | 24/02/1998 | Ogmore | Labour | Signed |
John Randall | 24/02/1998 | Uxbridge | Conservative | Signed |
Julie Kirkbride | 24/02/1998 | Bromsgrove | Conservative | Signed |
Jackie Lawrence | 24/02/1998 | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Labour | Signed |
Austin Mitchell | 24/02/1998 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
Brian H Donohoe | 24/02/1998 | Cunninghame South | Labour | Signed |
Huw Edwards | 24/02/1998 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
Barbara Follett | 24/02/1998 | Stevenage | Labour | Signed |
Mike Hancock | 24/02/1998 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Norman Baker | 24/02/1998 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John Bercow | 24/02/1998 | Buckingham | Conservative | Signed |
Liz Blackman | 24/02/1998 | Erewash | Labour | Signed |
Bill Rammell | 25/02/1998 | Harlow | Labour | Signed |
Ted Rowlands | 25/02/1998 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
Angela Smith | 25/02/1998 | Basildon | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Tom Levitt | 25/02/1998 | High Peak | Labour | Signed |
Martin O'Neill | 25/02/1998 | Ochil | Labour | Signed |
Paul Burstow | 25/02/1998 | Sutton & Cheam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Don Foster | 25/02/1998 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Roger Godsiff | 25/02/1998 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
Nigel Beard | 25/02/1998 | Bexleyheath & Crayford | Labour | Signed |
Bob Blizzard | 25/02/1998 | Waveney | Labour | Signed |
Howard Stoate | 25/02/1998 | Dartford | Labour | Signed |
Chris Ruane | 26/02/1998 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
Nigel Jones | 26/02/1998 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Fraser Kemp | 26/02/1998 | Houghton & Washington East | Labour | Signed |
Colin Breed | 26/02/1998 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Donald Gorrie | 26/02/1998 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Richard Allan | 26/02/1998 | Sheffield, Hallam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Tony Benn | 26/02/1998 | Chesterfield | Labour | Signed |
Nicholas Winterton | 26/02/1998 | Macclesfield | Conservative | Signed |
Martyn Jones | 27/02/1998 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
Joe Benton | 27/02/1998 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
George Stevenson | 27/02/1998 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Labour | Signed |
Peter Bottomley | 02/03/1998 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
Gordon Prentice | 03/03/1998 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
Evan Harris | 03/03/1998 | Oxford West & Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Menzies Campbell | 04/03/1998 | Fife North East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
David Chaytor | 04/03/1998 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
Paul Goggins | 04/03/1998 | Wythenshawe & Sale East | Labour | Signed |
Paul Truswell | 04/03/1998 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
John Maxton | 05/03/1998 | Glasgow, Cathcart | Labour | Signed |
John McWilliam | 05/03/1998 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 05/03/1998 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
David Crausby | 06/03/1998 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
David Lepper | 09/03/1998 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Alan Beith | 09/03/1998 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Caroline Flint | 10/03/1998 | Don Valley | Labour | Signed |
Terry Davis | 11/03/1998 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Labour | Signed |
Malcolm Savidge | 12/03/1998 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
Andrew George | 12/03/1998 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Roger Berry | 12/03/1998 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
Lembit | 17/03/1998 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Ivan Lewis | 18/03/1998 | Bury South | Labour | Signed |
David Chidgey | 18/03/1998 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Desmond Turner | 19/03/1998 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
Syd Rapson | 23/03/1998 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
Chris Pond | 30/03/1998 | Gravesham | Labour | Signed |
Ian Stewart | 01/04/1998 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
Colin Burgon | 06/04/1998 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
Harry Cohen | 06/04/1998 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
Marsha Singh | 07/04/1998 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
Alasdair Morgan | 08/04/1998 | Galloway & Upper Nithsdale | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Phil Willis | 08/04/1998 | Harrogate & Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Andy King | 20/04/1998 | Rugby & Kenilworth | Labour | Signed |
Ray Michie | 27/04/1998 | Argyll & Bute | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Allan Rogers | 28/04/1998 | Rhondda | Labour | Signed |
Kerry Pollard | 08/05/1998 | St Albans | Labour | Signed |
Doug Naysmith | 30/07/1998 | Bristol North West | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Helen Southworth | 17/11/1998 | Warrington South | Labour | Signed |
Beverley Hughes | 17/11/1998 | Stretford & Urmston | Labour | Signed |
Jenny Jones | 17/11/1998 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
Gisela Stuart | 17/11/1998 | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Labour | Signed |
Patricia Hewitt | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
Margaret Hodge | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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