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This motion has been signed by a total of 173 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.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
Jackie Ballard	26/01/1998	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bradley	26/01/1998	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	26/01/1998	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	26/01/1998	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	27/01/1998	Reading East	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	27/01/1998	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	27/01/1998	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	27/01/1998	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	27/01/1998	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	27/01/1998	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	27/01/1998	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	27/01/1998	Bolton South East	Labour	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
Roseanna Cunningham	28/01/1998	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	28/01/1998	Leigh	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
Joan Walley	29/01/1998	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	29/01/1998	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Swinney	29/01/1998	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Harold Best	29/01/1998	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	29/01/1998	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	29/01/1998	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
David Drew	29/01/1998	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Olner	29/01/1998	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Bill O'Brien	29/01/1998	Normanton	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	29/01/1998	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	29/01/1998	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	30/01/1998	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	30/01/1998	Easington	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	30/01/1998	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	30/01/1998	Islington North	Labour	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
Ian Davidson	02/02/1998	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Valerie Davey	02/02/1998	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	02/02/1998	Hammersmith & Fulham	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
Helen Jones	03/02/1998	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	03/02/1998	Workington	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	04/02/1998	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	04/02/1998	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	04/02/1998	Knowsley South	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
Martin Caton	06/02/1998	Gower	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	06/02/1998	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	06/02/1998	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	06/02/1998	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	10/02/1998	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Maria Eagle	10/02/1998	Liverpool, Garston	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	10/02/1998	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	10/02/1998	Ayr	Labour	Signed
Tess Kingham	10/02/1998	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Caroline Spelman	10/02/1998	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	10/02/1998	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	11/02/1998	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	11/02/1998	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	12/02/1998	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	12/02/1998	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	12/02/1998	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	19/02/1998	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Twigg	23/02/1998	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	23/02/1998	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	23/02/1998	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	23/02/1998	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Robin Corbett	23/02/1998	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	23/02/1998	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	23/02/1998	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	23/02/1998	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	23/02/1998	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	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
Huw Edwards	24/02/1998	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	24/02/1998	Cunninghame South	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
Howard Stoate	25/02/1998	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	25/02/1998	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Nigel Beard	25/02/1998	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	25/02/1998	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	25/02/1998	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	25/02/1998	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin O'Neill	25/02/1998	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	25/02/1998	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	25/02/1998	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ted Rowlands	25/02/1998	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Bill Rammell	25/02/1998	Harlow	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	26/02/1998	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Tony Benn	26/02/1998	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	26/02/1998	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Donald Gorrie	26/02/1998	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	26/02/1998	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fraser Kemp	26/02/1998	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/02/1998	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Ruane	26/02/1998	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	27/02/1998	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	27/02/1998	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	27/02/1998	Clwyd 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
Jim Cunningham	05/03/1998	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	05/03/1998	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
John Maxton	05/03/1998	Glasgow, Cathcart	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
David Chidgey	18/03/1998	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ivan Lewis	18/03/1998	Bury South	Labour	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
Harry Cohen	06/04/1998	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	06/04/1998	Elmet	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
Gisela Stuart	17/11/1998	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	17/11/1998	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Beverley Hughes	17/11/1998	Stretford & Urmston	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	17/11/1998	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Patricia Hewitt	Unknown			Withdrawn
Margaret Hodge	Unknown			Withdrawn

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