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Syria
Monday 11th June 2012

(11 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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I am not sure that that particular policy announcement will necessarily do my hon. Friend any good, but he is absolutely right to ask the Government to continue to focus on the big issues that the country faces, and we will do so.

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Given that other applications of VAT are being U-turned, why is its application to sports nutrition products not being U-turned as well?

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We think it right for sports nutrition products to be subject to the standard rate of VAT. VAT should be a broadly based tax, and we believe that our policy addresses an anomaly in the system that needed to be dealt with.

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