Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Leech (Liberal Democrat), on Thursday, 28 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 39 members in total.

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VALUE ADDED TAX ON MEMORIALS

That this House notes with concern that value added tax is applicable to the erection and maintenance of memorials to the deceased; considers this to be an unnecessary and insensitive tax on the bereaved and those who wish to honour the memory of loved ones; observes that a tax refund for charities and faith groups for the erection of memorials has been in place for some years now in the form of the Memorial Grant Scheme; calls on the Government to extend the scheme to all memorials; and urges the Government to raise at European level the possibility of abolishing such taxes altogether.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

745 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Lindsay Hoyle

Jeremy Corbyn

Nigel Evans

Bob Russell

Subjects

Funerals Taxation

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk