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Whether the Government intends to challenge the decision of the European Court on the imposition of VAT on spectacles, hearing aids and dentures.

Asked by
Austin Mitchell (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Date
22 June 1992
Reference
210 c56W
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Baroness Hooper (Conservative)
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Oral answers to questions
Date
4 December 1989
Reference
513 c729
House
House of Lords
To introduce legislation to amend Optician's Act 1989 to delete references to spectacles as "medical appliances" now that EC rulings have confirmed they should not be so described & what were costs to taxpayer in European Court case regarding description of spectacles as "medical appliances" & if HMG are seeking reimbursement from opticians.
Asked by
Lord Rugby (Crossbench)
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Answered
Date
4 December 1989
Reference
513 c729
House
House of Lords

What assessment has been made of implications for provision of spectacles by opticians in UK of finding by European Court that UK was in breach of its treaty obligations by holding that provision of spectacles was a medical service.

Asked by
Michael Meacher (Labour)
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Department of Health and Social Security
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Written questions
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Answered
Date
30 June 1988
Reference
136 c360W;136 c351-2W
House
House of Commons