Reduction Of VAT On Condoms To 5 Per Cent

EDM number 469 in 2004-05, proposed by Lynne Jones on 11/01/2005.

That this House supports calls from the Terence Higgins Trust and the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV to reduce VAT charged on condoms; recognises that due to its position as an EU member state, the UK cannot entirely remove VAT on condoms but can reduce it to 5 per cent.; understands that sexually transmitted infections cost around ú1 billion to treat annually in the UK, while HIV care costs are ú350 million and rising; recognises that the high cost of contraceptives disproportionately disadvantages the young; and as a measure to reduce the consideration of cost as a factor in an individual's decision to practise safer sex, calls on the Government to reduce VAT charged on condoms to 5 per cent.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.