VAT On Sanitary Products

EDM number 380 in 1998-99, proposed by Chris McCafferty on 02/03/1999.

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This motion has been signed by a total of 187 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Chris McCafferty	02/03/1999	Calder Valley	Labour	Proposed
Caroline Flint	02/03/1999	Don Valley	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	02/03/1999	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	02/03/1999	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Maria Eagle	02/03/1999	Liverpool, Garston	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	02/03/1999	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/03/1999	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	02/03/1999	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	02/03/1999	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Barbara Follett	02/03/1999	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	02/03/1999	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Maria Fyfe	02/03/1999	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Llin Golding	02/03/1999	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	02/03/1999	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	02/03/1999	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	02/03/1999	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ian Gibson	02/03/1999	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	02/03/1999	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barry Gardiner	02/03/1999	Brent North	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	02/03/1999	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/03/1999	Burton	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	02/03/1999	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	02/03/1999	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Cousins	02/03/1999	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	02/03/1999	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	02/03/1999	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	02/03/1999	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	02/03/1999	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	02/03/1999	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	02/03/1999	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	02/03/1999	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	02/03/1999	Tooting	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	02/03/1999	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	02/03/1999	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	02/03/1999	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Roseanna Cunningham	02/03/1999	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jim Cunningham	02/03/1999	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	02/03/1999	Leigh	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	02/03/1999	Easington	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	02/03/1999	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/03/1999	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	02/03/1999	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	02/03/1999	Preston	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	02/03/1999	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	02/03/1999	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	02/03/1999	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Swinney	02/03/1999	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Howard Stoate	02/03/1999	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	02/03/1999	Eccles	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	02/03/1999	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	02/03/1999	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	02/03/1999	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Stephen Twigg	02/03/1999	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	02/03/1999	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	02/03/1999	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	02/03/1999	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	02/03/1999	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	02/03/1999	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Jim Wallace	02/03/1999	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	02/03/1999	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	02/03/1999	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	02/03/1999	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Bob Blizzard	02/03/1999	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Liz Blackman	02/03/1999	Erewash	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	02/03/1999	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	02/03/1999	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	02/03/1999	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	02/03/1999	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	02/03/1999	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	02/03/1999	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Allan	02/03/1999	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	02/03/1999	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Nigel Beard	02/03/1999	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	02/03/1999	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	02/03/1999	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	02/03/1999	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	02/03/1999	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	02/03/1999	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Joe Benton	02/03/1999	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	02/03/1999	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	02/03/1999	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roy Beggs	02/03/1999	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Donald Gorrie	02/03/1999	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ashok Kumar	02/03/1999	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	02/03/1999	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	02/03/1999	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	02/03/1999	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	02/03/1999	Luton North	Labour	Signed
David Hinchliffe	02/03/1999	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	02/03/1999	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	02/03/1999	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	02/03/1999	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barry Jones	02/03/1999	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	02/03/1999	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	02/03/1999	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Tess Kingham	02/03/1999	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Andy King	02/03/1999	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	02/03/1999	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	02/03/1999	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martyn Jones	02/03/1999	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	02/03/1999	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	02/03/1999	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	02/03/1999	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	02/03/1999	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Marsha Singh	02/03/1999	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	02/03/1999	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
John Randall	02/03/1999	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Bill Rammell	02/03/1999	Harlow	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	02/03/1999	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Raymond Powell	02/03/1999	Ogmore	Labour	Signed
Chris Pond	02/03/1999	Gravesham	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	02/03/1999	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	02/03/1999	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Allan Rogers	02/03/1999	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Ted Rowlands	02/03/1999	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	02/03/1999	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	02/03/1999	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	02/03/1999	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	02/03/1999	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	02/03/1999	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Russell	02/03/1999	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	02/03/1999	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Ruane	02/03/1999	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	02/03/1999	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	02/03/1999	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	02/03/1999	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bradley	02/03/1999	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	02/03/1999	Ayr	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	02/03/1999	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Lembit	02/03/1999	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin O'Neill	02/03/1999	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	02/03/1999	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	02/03/1999	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	02/03/1999	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	02/03/1999	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	02/03/1999	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	02/03/1999	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	02/03/1999	Gower	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	02/03/1999	Workington	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	02/03/1999	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	02/03/1999	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	02/03/1999	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	02/03/1999	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Bill O'Brien	02/03/1999	Normanton	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	02/03/1999	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	02/03/1999	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alice Mahon	02/03/1999	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	02/03/1999	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ken Livingstone	02/03/1999	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	02/03/1999	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Ivan Lewis	02/03/1999	Bury South	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	02/03/1999	High Peak	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	02/03/1999	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	02/03/1999	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
John Maxton	02/03/1999	Glasgow, Cathcart	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	02/03/1999	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/03/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	02/03/1999	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Alasdair Morgan	02/03/1999	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Scottish National Party	Signed
Laura Moffatt	02/03/1999	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	02/03/1999	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Ray Michie	02/03/1999	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Michie	02/03/1999	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	02/03/1999	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	02/03/1999	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	03/03/1999	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Eileen Gordon	03/03/1999	Romford	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	03/03/1999	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	03/03/1999	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/03/1999	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	04/03/1999	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Stephen McCabe	04/03/1999	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	04/03/1999	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	04/03/1999	Hendon	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	04/03/1999	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	04/03/1999	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Candy Atherton	05/03/1999	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	05/03/1999	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	08/03/1999	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	09/03/1999	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Oona King	10/03/1999	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	12/03/1999	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	16/03/1999	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	19/03/1999	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Lorna Fitzsimons	25/03/1999	Rochdale	Labour	Signed
Denzil Davies	25/05/1999	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	Unknown			Withdrawn

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