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registered interest false more like this
date remove maximum value filtermore like thismore than 2020-08-28
answering body
Treasury remove filter
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Sunscreens: VAT more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the rate of VAT on sunscreen and other sun safety products. more like this
tabling member constituency Bath more like this
tabling member printed
Wera Hobhouse remove filter
uin 82255 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-09-08more like thismore than 2020-09-08
answer text <p>The Government's approach is to support safety campaigns that place sunscreen within its proper context; as a precaution that people can take against the sun, but that does not provide 100 per cent protection. While sun protection products have a role to play in skin safety, it is important that people do not rely on sunscreen alone.</p><p> </p><p>VAT raises a significant amount of revenue and plays an important part in funding the Government's public spending priorities. Any application of a reduced rate would have to be balanced against this. The Government keeps all taxes under review.</p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire more like this
answering member printed Jesse Norman more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-09-08T15:55:56.88Zmore like thisremove minimum value filter
answering member
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label Biography information for Jesse Norman more like this
tabling member
4602
label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse more like this