VAT Rate
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Lisa Nandy almost always voted against increasing the rate of VAT
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On 18 Apr 2013:
Lisa Nandy voted to reduce VAT from 20% to 17.5%
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On 3 Jul 2012:
Lisa Nandy voted to cut VAT from 20% to 17.5%
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On 28 Jun 2011:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Value Added Tax (Change of Rate) Order 2011
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On 20 Jul 2010:
Lisa Nandy voted to oppose the 2010 Finance Bill which included an increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20% among other measures.
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On 13 Jul 2010:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Finance Bill — Rate of Value Added Tax
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On 13 Jul 2010:
Lisa Nandy voted against increasing Value Added Tax from 17.5% to 20% from the 4th of January 2011.
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On 6 Jul 2010:
Lisa Nandy voted to oppose the 2010 Finance Bill which included an increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20% among other measures.
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On 28 Jun 2010:
Lisa Nandy voted not to raise VAT to 20% from the 4th of January 2011.
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On 18 May 2022:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Programme for Government — Amendment from the Leader of the Liberal Democrats
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On 11 Jan 2022:
Lisa Nandy voted in favour of cutting VAT on household energy bills.
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On 25 Jun 2019:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019
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On 26 Oct 2015:
Lisa Nandy voted against the measures in the Finance Bill including against an increase in the income tax personal allowance, and against capping the rates of VAT and income tax at their existing rates until the next general election.
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On 21 Jul 2015:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Finance Bill 2015-16 — Decline Second Reading
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On 21 Jul 2015:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Finance Bill 2015-16 — Second Reading
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On 14 Jul 2015:
Lisa Nandy was absent for a vote on Summer Budget 2015
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On 5 Sep 2012:
Lisa Nandy voted to introduce a tax on bankers' bonuses to fund 25,000 additional affordable homes, to make planned investment sooner, to reduce VAT on home improvements and to call on the Government to create jobs.
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On 5 Sep 2012:
Lisa Nandy voted against levying a tax on bankers' bonuses to fund 25,000 affordable homes, against investing in infrastructure, and against cutting VAT on works on homes.
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On 17 May 2012:
Lisa Nandy voted for measures to stimulate economic growth and job creation; for a tax on bank bonuses to fund guaranteed jobs for young people out of work for over a year; to reduce VAT; for a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers and to make infrastructure investment sooner.
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On 17 May 2012:
Lisa Nandy voted to create jobs; to tax bank bonuses to fund guaranteed jobs for young people out of work for a year; to cut VAT; to give a tax break to small firms taking on more workers and to make infrastructure investment sooner.
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On 16 May 2012:
Lisa Nandy voted in favour of reducing public transport fares, and reducing VAT on fuel to help motorists and boost the economy.
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On 11 Jan 2012:
Lisa Nandy voted in favour of a series of measures aimed at making energy bills more affordable, including extending benefits, reforming the energy market, reducing VAT on home improvements and reforming the Green Deal scheme.
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On 14 Dec 2011:
Lisa Nandy voted to create 100,000 jobs and build 25,000 homes using funds raised via a bank bonus tax, to reduce VAT on home improvements and for tax breaks for small firms taking on new workers.
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On 23 Nov 2011:
Lisa Nandy voted to start long-term investment projects sooner, to reduce VAT on home improvements and repairs, and to give a tax break to small companies employing new workers.
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On 9 Nov 2011:
Lisa Nandy voted to introduce a tax on bank bonuses to guarantee a job for 100,000 young people and build 25,000 affordable homes; to make investment sooner; to reducing VAT, and to introduce a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers.
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On 12 Oct 2011:
Lisa Nandy voted to create more jobs for young people, funded by bank bonuses, to make planned investment sooner, to reduce VAT and for a tax break for small firms taking on extra workers.
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On 22 Jun 2011:
Lisa Nandy voted to reduce the deficit over a longer period, to cut VAT to 17.5%, to repeat the 2010 bank bonus tax, to build 25,000 affordable homes and create 100,000 jobs for young people.
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On 13 Jul 2010:
Lisa Nandy voted to exempt charities' charitable activities from the January 2011 increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20%.
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On 13 Jul 2010:
Lisa Nandy voted to delay the increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20% by a year from 4 January 2011 to the 4 January 2012 if a report on the effects of the VAT rise had not been completed.
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