VAT On Sanitary Products
EDM number 89 in 1999-00, proposed by Chris McCafferty on 24/11/1999.
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 one penny a year for every women 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 asks 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This motion has been signed by a total of 249 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Chris McCafferty | 24/11/1999 | Calder Valley | Labour | Proposed |
| Barbara Follett | 24/11/1999 | Stevenage | Labour | Signed |
| Lorna Fitzsimons | 24/11/1999 | Rochdale | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Fisher | 24/11/1999 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Field | 24/11/1999 | Birkenhead | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Fearn | 24/11/1999 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bill Etherington | 24/11/1999 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
| Jeff Ennis | 24/11/1999 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
| Huw Edwards | 24/11/1999 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
| Maria Eagle | 24/11/1999 | Liverpool, Garston | Labour | Signed |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | 24/11/1999 | Crewe & Nantwich | Labour | Signed |
| David Drew | 24/11/1999 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Don Foster | 24/11/1999 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Michael Jabez Foster | 24/11/1999 | Hastings & Rye | Labour | Signed |
| Maria Fyfe | 24/11/1999 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Labour | Signed |
| Jane Griffiths | 24/11/1999 | Reading East | Labour | Signed |
| Donald Gorrie | 24/11/1999 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Eileen Gordon | 24/11/1999 | Romford | Labour | Signed |
| Llin Golding | 24/11/1999 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 24/11/1999 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
| Norman Godman | 24/11/1999 | Greenock & Inverclyde | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Gilroy | 24/11/1999 | Plymouth, Sutton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Ian Gibson | 24/11/1999 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew George | 24/11/1999 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Barry Gardiner | 24/11/1999 | Brent North | Labour | Signed |
| George Galloway | 24/11/1999 | Glasgow, Kelvin | Labour | Signed |
| Brian H Donohoe | 24/11/1999 | Cunninghame South | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Dobbin | 24/11/1999 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| David Crausby | 24/11/1999 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Cox | 24/11/1999 | Tooting | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cousins | 24/11/1999 | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 24/11/1999 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Robin Corbett | 24/11/1999 | Birmingham, Erdington | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Cook | 24/11/1999 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Connarty | 24/11/1999 | Falkirk East | Labour | Signed |
| Iain Coleman | 24/11/1999 | Hammersmith & Fulham | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Cohen | 24/11/1999 | Leyton & Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Clwyd | 24/11/1999 | Cynon Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Clarke | 24/11/1999 | Midlothian | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Cryer | 24/11/1999 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
| John Cryer | 24/11/1999 | Hornchurch | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Dismore | 24/11/1999 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
| Janet Dean | 24/11/1999 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Davis | 24/11/1999 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Labour | Signed |
| Denzil Davies | 24/11/1999 | Llanelli | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Davidson | 24/11/1999 | Glasgow, Pollok | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Valerie Davey | 24/11/1999 | Bristol West | Labour | Signed |
| Claire Curtis-Thomas | 24/11/1999 | Crosby | Labour | Signed |
| Roseanna Cunningham | 24/11/1999 | Perth | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 24/11/1999 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Lawrence Cunliffe | 24/11/1999 | Leigh | Labour | Signed |
| John Cummings | 24/11/1999 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| David Clark | 24/11/1999 | South Shields | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 24/11/1999 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Jimmy Wray | 24/11/1999 | Glasgow, Baillieston | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Truswell | 24/11/1999 | Pudsey | Labour | Signed |
| Jon Trickett | 24/11/1999 | Hemsworth | Labour | Signed |
| Jenny Tonge | 24/11/1999 | Richmond Park | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Mark Todd | 24/11/1999 | South Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Gareth Thomas | 24/11/1999 | Clwyd West | Labour | Signed |
| Matthew Taylor | 24/11/1999 | Truro & St Austell | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Taylor | 24/11/1999 | North West Leicestershire | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| John Swinney | 24/11/1999 | North Tayside | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Howard Stoate | 24/11/1999 | Dartford | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Stinchcombe | 24/11/1999 | Wellingborough | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Stewart | 24/11/1999 | Eccles | Labour | Signed |
| Desmond Turner | 24/11/1999 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Twigg | 24/11/1999 | Enfield, Southgate | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Worthington | 24/11/1999 | Clydebank & Milngavie | Labour | Signed |
| Rosie Winterton | 24/11/1999 | Doncaster Central | Labour | Signed |
| Nicholas Winterton | 24/11/1999 | Macclesfield | Conservative | Signed |
| David Winnick | 24/11/1999 | Walsall North | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Willis | 24/11/1999 | Harrogate & Knaresborough | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Betty Williams | 24/11/1999 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Wareing | 24/11/1999 | Liverpool, West Derby | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 24/11/1999 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Wallace | 24/11/1999 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Rudi Vis | 24/11/1999 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Tyler | 24/11/1999 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Stewart | 24/11/1999 | Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber | Labour | Signed |
| George Stevenson | 24/11/1999 | Stoke-on-Trent South | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 24/11/1999 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Beard | 24/11/1999 | Bexleyheath & Crayford | Labour | Signed |
| Harry Barnes | 24/11/1999 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
| Jackie Ballard | 24/11/1999 | Taunton | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Norman Baker | 24/11/1999 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Austin | 24/11/1999 | Erith & Thamesmead | Labour | Signed |
| Charlotte Atkins | 24/11/1999 | Staffordshire Moorlands | Labour | Signed |
| Candy Atherton | 24/11/1999 | Falmouth & Camborne | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 24/11/1999 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Fabian Hamilton | 24/11/1999 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
| John Gunnell | 24/11/1999 | Morley & Rothwell | Labour | Signed |
| Roy Beggs | 24/11/1999 | East Antrim | UUP | Signed |
| Alan Beith | 24/11/1999 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Gerry Steinberg | 24/11/1999 | Durham, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Bottomley | 24/11/1999 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
| David Borrow | 24/11/1999 | South Ribble | Labour | Signed |
| Liz Blackman | 24/11/1999 | Erewash | Labour | Signed |
| Harold Best | 24/11/1999 | Leeds North West | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Berry | 24/11/1999 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
| Gerry Bermingham | 24/11/1999 | St Helens South | Labour | Signed |
| John Bercow | 24/11/1999 | Buckingham | Conservative | Signed |
| Joe Benton | 24/11/1999 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
| Tony Benn | 24/11/1999 | Chesterfield | Labour | Signed |
| Hilary Benn | 24/11/1999 | Leeds Central | Labour | Signed |
| Richard Allan | 24/11/1999 | Sheffield, Hallam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Julie Kirkbride | 24/11/1999 | Bromsgrove | Conservative | Signed |
| Simon Hughes | 24/11/1999 | North Southwark & Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Lindsay Hoyle | 24/11/1999 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 24/11/1999 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| David Hinchliffe | 24/11/1999 | Wakefield | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Hesford | 24/11/1999 | Wirral West | Labour | Signed |
| Nick Harvey | 24/11/1999 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Evan Harris | 24/11/1999 | Oxford West & Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Harriet Harman | 24/11/1999 | Camberwell & Peckham | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Southworth | 24/11/1999 | Warrington South | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Smyth | 24/11/1999 | Belfast South | UUP | Signed |
| Geraldine Smith | 24/11/1999 | Morecambe & Lunesdale | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Humble | 24/11/1999 | Blackpool North & Fleetwood | Labour | Signed |
| Brian Iddon | 24/11/1999 | Bolton South East | Labour | Signed |
| Tess Kingham | 24/11/1999 | Gloucester | Labour | Signed |
| Oona King | 24/11/1999 | Bethnal Green & Bow | Labour | Signed |
| Andy King | 24/11/1999 | Rugby & Kenilworth | Labour | Signed |
| Fraser Kemp | 24/11/1999 | Houghton & Washington East | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Jones | 24/11/1999 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martyn Jones | 24/11/1999 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
| Lynne Jones | 24/11/1999 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
| Jenny Jones | 24/11/1999 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
| Helen Jones | 24/11/1999 | Warrington North | Labour | Signed |
| Barry Jones | 24/11/1999 | Alyn & Deeside | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 24/11/1999 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Angela Smith | 24/11/1999 | Basildon | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Dennis Skinner | 24/11/1999 | Bolsover | Labour | Signed |
| Syd Rapson | 24/11/1999 | Portsmouth North | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Rammell | 24/11/1999 | Harlow | Labour | Signed |
| Gwyn Prosser | 24/11/1999 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
| Gordon Prentice | 24/11/1999 | Pendle | Labour | Signed |
| Bridget Prentice | 24/11/1999 | Lewisham East | Labour | Signed |
| Raymond Powell | 24/11/1999 | Ogmore | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Perham | 24/11/1999 | Ilford North | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Pendry | 24/11/1999 | Stalybridge & Hyde | Labour | Signed |
| Kerry Pollard | 24/11/1999 | St Albans | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Pike | 24/11/1999 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
| Julie Morgan | 24/11/1999 | Cardiff North | Labour | Signed |
| Allan Rogers | 24/11/1999 | Rhondda | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Rooney | 24/11/1999 | Bradford North | Labour | Signed |
| Marsha Singh | 24/11/1999 | Bradford West | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Simpson | 24/11/1999 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| Debra Shipley | 24/11/1999 | Stourbridge | Labour | Signed |
| Barry Sheerman | 24/11/1999 | Huddersfield | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Brian Sedgemore | 24/11/1999 | Hackney South & Shoreditch | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Savidge | 24/11/1999 | Aberdeen North | Labour | Signed |
| Adrian Sanders | 24/11/1999 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Christine Russell | 24/11/1999 | Chester, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 24/11/1999 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Chris Ruane | 24/11/1999 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
| Ted Rowlands | 24/11/1999 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Nigel Griffiths | 24/11/1999 | Edinburgh South | Labour | Signed |
| Ashok Kumar | 24/11/1999 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Clapham | 24/11/1999 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Bradley | 24/11/1999 | Wrekin, The | Labour | Signed |
| Sandra Osborne | 24/11/1999 | Ayr | Labour | Signed |
| Diana Organ | 24/11/1999 | Forest of Dean | Labour | Signed |
| Lembit | 24/11/1999 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martin O'Neill | 24/11/1999 | Ochil | Labour | Signed |
| Bill Olner | 24/11/1999 | Nuneaton | Labour | Signed |
| Edward O'Hara | 24/11/1999 | Knowsley South | Labour | Signed |
| Bill O'Brien | 24/11/1999 | Normanton | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Oaten | 24/11/1999 | Winchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Doug Naysmith | 24/11/1999 | Bristol North West | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Denis Murphy | 24/11/1999 | Wansbeck | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 24/11/1999 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Peter Brand | 24/11/1999 | Isle of Wight | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Malcolm Chisholm | 24/11/1999 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour | Signed |
| David Chidgey | 24/11/1999 | Eastleigh | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Chaytor | 24/11/1999 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 24/11/1999 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| Dale Campbell-Savours | 24/11/1999 | Workington | Labour | Signed |
| Menzies Campbell | 24/11/1999 | Fife North East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Vincent Cable | 24/11/1999 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Christine Butler | 24/11/1999 | Castle Point | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Burstow | 24/11/1999 | Sutton & Cheam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Colin Burgon | 24/11/1999 | Elmet | Labour | Signed |
| Colin Breed | 24/11/1999 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| George Mudie | 24/11/1999 | Leeds East | Labour | Signed |
| Rhodri Morgan | 24/11/1999 | Cardiff West | Labour | Signed |
| Judy Mallaber | 24/11/1999 | Amber Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Alice Mahon | 24/11/1999 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Love | 24/11/1999 | Edmonton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 24/11/1999 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
| Ken Livingstone | 24/11/1999 | Brent East | Labour | Signed |
| Terry Lewis | 24/11/1999 | Worsley | Labour | Signed |
| Julian Lewis | 24/11/1999 | New Forest East | Conservative | Signed |
| Ivan Lewis | 24/11/1999 | Bury South | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Levitt | 24/11/1999 | High Peak | Labour | Signed |
| David Lepper | 24/11/1999 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Jackie Lawrence | 24/11/1999 | Preseli Pembrokeshire | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | 24/11/1999 | Medway | Labour | Signed |
| John Maxton | 24/11/1999 | Glasgow, Cathcart | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen McCabe | 24/11/1999 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Labour | Signed |
| Alasdair Morgan | 24/11/1999 | Galloway & Upper Nithsdale | Scottish National Party | Signed |
| Margaret Moran | 24/11/1999 | Luton South | Labour | Signed |
| Laura Moffatt | 24/11/1999 | Crawley | Labour | Signed |
| Austin Mitchell | 24/11/1999 | Great Grimsby | Labour | Signed |
| Ray Michie | 24/11/1999 | Argyll & Bute | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bill Michie | 24/11/1999 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour | Signed |
| John McWilliam | 24/11/1999 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
| Kevin McNamara | 24/11/1999 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| Shona McIsaac | 24/11/1999 | Cleethorpes | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 24/11/1999 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Siobhain McDonagh | 24/11/1999 | Mitcham & Morden | Labour | Signed |
| Dafydd Wigley | 25/11/1999 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
| Andrew Stunell | 25/11/1999 | Hazel Grove | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 25/11/1999 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Marsden | 25/11/1999 | Shrewsbury & Atcham | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Ladyman | 25/11/1999 | South Thanet | Labour | Signed |
| David Kidney | 25/11/1999 | Stafford | Labour | Signed |
| Ernie Ross | 25/11/1999 | Dundee West | Labour | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 08/12/1999 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Neil Turner | 08/12/1999 | Wigan | Labour | Signed |
| Phyllis Starkey | 13/12/1999 | Milton Keynes South West | Labour | Signed |
| John Marek | 15/12/1999 | Wrexham | Labour | Signed |
| Tony McWalter | 16/12/1999 | Hemel Hempstead | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Mohammad Sarwar | 11/02/2000 | Glasgow, Govan | Labour | Signed |
| Jimmy Hood | 17/02/2000 | Clydesdale | Labour | Signed |
| Dari Taylor | 01/03/2000 | Stockton South | Labour | Signed |
| Peter Kilfoyle | 01/03/2000 | Liverpool, Walton | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Pound | 01/03/2000 | Ealing North | Labour | Signed |
| Glenda Jackson | 07/03/2000 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
| Tam Dalyell | 07/03/2000 | Linlithgow | Labour | Signed |
| Hazel Blears | 07/03/2000 | Salford | Labour | Signed |
| Clive Efford | 10/03/2000 | Eltham | Labour | Signed |
| Louise Ellman | 10/03/2000 | Liverpool, Riverside | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 10/03/2000 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| David Amess | 10/03/2000 | Southend West | Conservative | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 10/03/2000 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
| Sydney Chapman | 10/03/2000 | Chipping Barnet | Conservative | Signed |
| John Burnett | 10/03/2000 | Torridge & West Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Russell Brown | 10/03/2000 | Dumfries | Labour | Signed |
| Bob Laxton | 10/03/2000 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Piara S Khabra | 10/03/2000 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| Ann Keen | 10/03/2000 | Brentford & Isleworth | Labour | Signed |
| Gerald Kaufman | 10/03/2000 | Manchester, Gorton | Labour | Signed |
| Phil Sawford | 16/03/2000 | Kettering | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Dobson | 17/03/2000 | Holborn & St Pancras | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Ruddock | 21/03/2000 | Lewisham, Deptford | Labour | Signed |
| John Randall | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Bob Blizzard | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
| Audrey Wise | Unknown | | | Withdrawn |
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