Value Added Tax (Medical Research)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 29 November 1973.

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Photo of Mr Lewis Carter-Jones Mr Lewis Carter-Jones , Eccles 12:00, 29 November 1973

Will the hon. Gentleman take it from me that that is a most unsatisfactory answer? Is he saying that the Treasury cannot find a way of giving tax relief to charitable organisations which are financing research? Is he aware that I sit on research committees which lack funds because the Treasury is so miserly? Will he reconsider this matter and apply a bit of common sense and practicality?