HC Deb 12 July 1988 vol 137 c100W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will apply section 20 of the Value Added Tax Act 1983 to the Apple and Pear Development Corporation to allow it to reclaim value added tax on non-business expenditure.

Mr. Lilley

The Apple and Pear Development Council is not a body to which it would be appropriate to apply section 20 treatment. However, I have agreed to meet representatives of the agricultural levy-funded bodies to discuss the impact on them of the recent court ruling about reclaiming VAT on non-business expenditure.