VAT On Essential Sun Care Health Products

EDM number 136 in 2008-09, proposed by Mike Hancock on 04/12/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Taxation.

That this House recognises the need for a greater focus on preventative health care, and that skin cancer cases in the UK have more than doubled in the last 20 years with 60,000 people diagnosed and 1,700 deaths each year from melanoma; notes that children are particularly at risk with around 80 per cent. of exposure to the sun occurring before the age of 21 and sunburn in childhood being a major factor in an adult's chances of getting skin cancer; calls on the Government to take the financially prudent and caring approach of reclassifying suncare products as essential health care items for VAT purposes; and congratulates the Institute of Cancer Research and other bodies which have promoted skin awareness campaigns to remove VAT from suncare products.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mike Hancock	04/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	08/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Bob Spink	08/12/2008	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Evan Harris	08/12/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	08/12/2008	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/2008	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Mark Williams	08/12/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	08/12/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	08/12/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	08/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	08/12/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	08/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/12/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Hunter	09/12/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	09/12/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Sandra Gidley	09/12/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	09/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew Dismore	09/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	09/12/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	10/12/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Paul Rowen	10/12/2008	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	10/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	10/12/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Janet Dean	10/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	10/12/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	10/12/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	10/12/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
John Pugh	11/12/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	11/12/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	15/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	15/12/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	16/12/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	18/12/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	12/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/01/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	26/01/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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