HL Deb 04 November 1998 vol 594 cc49-50WA
Lord Morris of Manchester

asked Her Majesty's Government:

If their proposals in the Green Paper Restriction of VAT Groups to Fully Taxable Corporate Bodies (June 1998) are implemented, what they estimate the cost would be to the Royal British Legion in respect of its factory at Richmond, Surrey, for the production of poppies and wreaths for Remembrance Day. [HL3662]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

It is not, and never was, intended that charities like the Royal British Legion would suffer from any possible restriction of the VAT grouping facility to fully taxable business entities.