Increase of Value Added Tax

Part of Orders of the Day — Finance Bill – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3 July 1979.

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Photo of Mr William Rees-Davies Mr William Rees-Davies , Thanet West 12:00, 3 July 1979

Can my hon. and learned Friend give us a timescale? It is a matter of great urgency. If there is not a satisfactory reply from Roy Jenkins and the European Commission in a short time, may we have an assurance that, say by October, when the House resumes, we shall have a definitive statement?