VAT On Condoms For Charities
EDM number 1429 in 1997-98, proposed by Brian Sedgemore on 15/06/1998.
That this House condemns the recent decision of HM Customs and Excise to remove condoms from their current VAT zero rated status when supplied by charities such as the Brook Advisory Centres to young people to protect themselves from pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV; notes that research has shown that many young people, particularly men, only access services if they can obtain free condoms; believes that this is a false economy on the part of the Government because for every ú1 spent on family planning services, ú11 is saved in public expenditure whilst the annual expenditure on treating sexually transmitted diseases is ú874 million; deplores any measure like this which will lead to a rise in teenage pregnancies and make it impossible for the Government to achieve its targets for the nation's health in this sphere; and calls on the Government to find ways of reversing the harmful effects of this decision.
This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
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