HC Deb 06 July 1989 vol 156 cc233-4W
99. Mr. Cox

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he last met the European Community to discuss zero rating of value added tax.

149. Mr. Cohen

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he last met the European Community to discuss zero rating of value added tax.

173. Mr. Fisher

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he last met the European Community to discuss zero rating of value added tax.

183. Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he last met the European Community to discuss zero rating of value added tax.

Mr. Lilley

VAT zero rates were among a number of matters discussed when my right hon. Friend attended an informal meeting of the Economic and Finance Council (ECOFIN) on 18 and 19 May.

Mr. Speller

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will relieve village and parish halls of liability to value added tax; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Lilley

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Corby (Mr. Powell) on 4 July at column88.

124. Mr. Paice

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the number of new value added tax registrations for businesses with registered addresses in south-east Cambridgeshire for the calendar years 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989 to date.

Mr. Lilley

The local VAT office at Harlow covers not only south-east Cambridgeshire, but the area bounded by Harlow, Hertford, Royston, Ely and Saffron Walden. The number of new VAT registrations processed by that office for each of the years in question were:

Year New registrations
1985 2,219
1986 2,393
1987 2,679
1988 3,002
19891 883
1 To 31 March.