VAT on Installation of Energy Saving Materials

Finance Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:30 pm on 6 September 2016.

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  • Division number 60
    A majority of MPs voted to allow the Treasury to increase VAT on the installation of energy saving materials.

“(1) No order shall be made under the Value Added Tax Act 1994 which would have the effect of raising the rate of VAT on installation of energy saving materials, or any individual category thereof.

(2) No order shall be made under the Value Added Tax Act 1994 to vary Schedule 7A of that Act by deleting or varying any description of supply within Group 2 (Installation of Energy Saving Materials).

(3) ‘Installation of energy saving materials’ has the meaning given in Schedule 7A of the Value Added Tax Act 1994.”—(Rebecca Long Bailey.)

Brought up, and read the First time.

Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.

The House divided:

Ayes 265, Noes 307.

Division number 60 Finance Bill — New Clause 15 — VAT on Installation of Energy Saving Materials

A majority of MPs voted to allow the Treasury to increase VAT on the installation of energy saving materials.

Aye: 265 MPs

No: 307 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 73 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

Question accordingly negatived.

Clause 18