HC Deb 19 January 1971 vol 809 cc245-6W
Mr. Rost

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to remove purchase tax now exacted on certain essential garments required by sufferers from multiple sclerosis.

Mr. Higgins

Certain enuresis appliances are already exempt, as are disposable incontinence pads. There are difficulties about extending these provisions to modified versions of ordinary underwear.