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1143355

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	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Visual Impairment: Electronic Publishing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the benefits of e-readers and other digital reading materials to partially sighted or blind people; and what steps her Department takes to promote access to these materials.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	284833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 08/10/2019 16:34:49 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1143356

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Electronic Publishing: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with (a) his counterparts in other EU member states and (b) industry of the potential merits of introducing a reduced rate of VAT on e-publications; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	284828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Any amendments to the VAT regime as it applies to physical publications and e-publications must be carefully assessed against policy, economic and fiscal considerations. Any representations on this issue will be considered as part of the fiscal events process.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is aware of moves in some EU Member States to apply a reduced rate of VAT to e-publications. Within the UK, officials have met with a range of interested stakeholders, including representatives of the publishing industry, to better understand the functioning of the market.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2019 14:28:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1143937

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Electronic Publishing: VAT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of VAT on e-publications on children’s literacy in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	284908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, including VAT.</p><p> </p><p>Any amendments to the VAT regime as it applies to physical publications and e-publications must be carefully assessed against policy, economic and fiscal considerations. Any representations on this issue will be considered as part of the fiscal events process.</p><p> </p><p>The impact on literacy of any reduction of VAT on e-publications is likely to depend on commercial decisions about the extent to which any tax saving would lead to price reductions for consumers, and any associated behavioural changes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2019 14:21:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray