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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 16 January 1997.

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Photo of Tony Blair Tony Blair , Sedgefield 12:00, 16 January 1997

Does the Prime Minister accept that, before the last general election, he gave a categorical pledge not to extend value added tax, and that after the election, in the first Budget, he did indeed extend VAT? Is that true or false?