VAT (Hansard, 2 May 2000)

HC Deb 02 May 2000 vol 349 c32W 32W

§ Mr. Redwood
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Government's policy is on the proposal for VAT to become an EU levied tax. [120356]

§ Dawn Primarolo
In July 1996 the Commission published a programme for creating a common system for EC VAT. The Government see no case for VAT reform along those lines, and such a system could not be agreed without the UK's consent.