HC Deb 26 October 1977 vol 936 cc664-5W
Mr. Cockroft

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to exempt from VAT, members' subscriptions to trade associations such as the National Farmers' Union in the light of the fact that the Governments of other EEC countries have not interpreted the EEC directive as a compulsion to do so.

Mr. Robert Sheldon:

No. I refer the hon. Member to the comments made by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury about comparisons with the intensions of other EEC member States in the course of the debate on the Report stage of the Finance Bill on 21st July.—[c. 1902–03.]