The best way to cut electricity and gas bills would be to abolish VAT on them. Will the Secretary of State, as an enthusiast for the European Union, confirm that it is the European Union that prevents VAT from being removed? What efforts have he and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury made in Brussels to get a derogation from those restrictions?
Energy Bills
Proceeding contribution from
Philip Hollobone
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 2 December 2013.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Energy Bills.
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Session
2013-14
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2022-09-16 09:00:03 +0100
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