§ 23. Miss Fookesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will exempt charitable organisations from paying value added tax on the following items: hoists, overbed tables and patients' lockers, patient trolleys and stretchers, sari-chairs, wheelchairs and minibuses converted to carry handicapped persons.
§ Mr. LawsonNo. In the context of a broadly based tax it would be inappropriate to extend reliefs from VAT on these lines.
§ Mr. Denzil Daviesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, assuming an identical pattern of spending, what is the extra annual cost to a family of two adults and two children with a total gross income of (a) £4,000,(b) £8,000 and (c) £20,000 of 672W the standardisation of value added tax at 15 per cent.
§ Mr. Peter ReesI shall let the right hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Denzil Daviesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the extra revenue arising as a result of the standardisation of value added tax at 15 per cent. will come from (a) the provision of services and (b) the sale of goods.
§ Mr. Peter ReesI shall let the right hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Denzil Daviesasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much extra revenue will be paid by charities as a result of the increase in value added tax to 15 per cent.
§ Mr. Peter ReesI refer the right hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Don Valley (Mr. Welsh) on 19 June.