HC Deb 08 December 1997 vol 302 c428W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what will be the annual cost to(a) the NHS and (b) social services of the Value Added Tax (Drugs, Medicines and Aids for the Handicapped) Order 1997. [18641]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 3 December 1997]: The NHS and Local Authorities are funded to take account of VAT. The Order seeks to close tax avoidance arrangements.

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