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VAT: Energy

Volume 457: debated on Monday 5 March 2007

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress he is making in negotiations with EU partners on extending the categories of permitted reduced VAT rates to include energy efficient products and the purchase of energy saving materials for DIY installation. (124643)

There have been no negotiations on reduced rates of VAT since ECOFIN reached agreement on 24 January 2006 (subject to confirmation, which was later received, by three member states) on an extension of the arrangements for reduced rates of VAT for labour-intensive services.