VAT On Commemorative Headstones

EDM number 97 in 2005-06, proposed by Mike Hancock on 17/05/2005.

That this House condemns the Government's decision not to exempt commemorative headstones for graves from VAT, in contrast to all other services provided by an undertaker in connection with a burial or cremation; believes this to be a decision which takes advantage of people at their lowest times; and urges the Government to reconsider and to lighten the heavy financial burden placed on people at a vulnerable time.

This motion has been signed by a total of 45 MPs.