§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many responses he has received to his consultation paper, "Restriction of VAT Grouping to Fully Taxable Corporate Bodies", from registered social landlords; and658W what estimate he has made of additional costs for (a) registered social landlords and (b) Government-funded housing programmes and housing benefit expenditure if the proposals are implemented in their present form. [76126]
§ Ms HewittThe Chancellor made clear in his Budget statement on 9 March that the proposal to restrict the VAT grouping facility to fully taxable companies would not be implemented.