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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lawrence Cunliffe (Labour), on Monday, 14 December 1992, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 97 members in total.


VAT ON NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS ETC.

That this House is extremely concerned that a positive rate of VAT on newspapers, books and magazines would result in the contraction or closure of many provincial newspapers and libraries and would place a tax burden on the knowledge and community information readers currently receive free of any payment to the Exchequer; and calls on the Government to support the retention of zero rating.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

VAT ON NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS ETC. (1067A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Joseph Ashton (primary, Labour) and tabled on Tuesday, 12 January 1993. It has been signed by 2 members in total.
at end add 'on all publications with fewer than 100,000 copies per issue.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1067 
1067A1 
Session
1992-93
Subjects
Libraries Publications Newspaper press Magazine press VAT Tax rates and bands
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk