Orders of the Day — Value Added Tax

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 5 December 1972.

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Photo of Mr Denis Howell Mr Denis Howell , Birmingham Small Heath 12:00, 5 December 1972

I believe that the Chief Secretary is correct and that the clubs put their prices up by one-third. I am not suggesting that the extra 10 per cent. will cause a club like Liverpool to go out of existence, even though it will have to pay about £50,000, but the effect on small clubs will be considerable. British sport is based on the breadth of the sport, on the number of clubs and because it is the breadth of the sport which matters the football clubs fear the damage that the tax will do to football.