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star this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2018-09-13more like thismore than 2018-09-13
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Treasury more like this
star this property answering dept id 14 more like this
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star this property hansard heading Sanitary Products: VAT more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the EU on the EU classification of sanitary items for VAT purposes. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Oxford East more like this
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Anneliese Dodds more like this
star this property uin 174836 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2018-10-09more like thismore than 2018-10-09
star this property answer text <p>The Government has continued to press at EU level for the flexibility to apply a zero rate of VAT to women’s sanitary products so that this can be introduced in the UK at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2018, the European Commission brought forward a legislative proposal to enhance Member States’ flexibility to apply reduced and zero rates of VAT. This proposal remains under discussion and, if agreed to by Member States, would give the UK the legal ability to zero rate women’s sanitary products.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Central Devon more like this
star this property answering member printed Mel Stride more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Mel Stride more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds more like this