Michael Connarty

Cyn Llafur MP ar gyfer Linlithgow and East Falkirk

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VAT Rate

There have been votes in Parliament on the rate at which Value Added Tax (VAT) is charged.

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Michael Connarty generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT

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Major votes

Minor votes

  • On 5 Med 2012: Michael Connarty was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Housing Show vote
  • On 5 Med 2012: Michael Connarty was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — House Building — Bankers' Bonus Tax — VAT on Work on Homes Show vote
  • On 17 Mai 2012: Michael Connarty wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote
  • On 17 Mai 2012: Michael Connarty wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote
  • On 16 Mai 2012: Michael Connarty wedi pleidleisio in favour of reducing public transport fares, and reducing VAT on fuel to help motorists and boost the economy. Show vote
  • On 11 Ion 2012: Michael Connarty wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote
  • On 14 Rha 2011: Michael Connarty wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote
  • On 23 Tach 2011: Michael Connarty wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote
  • On 9 Tach 2011: Michael Connarty wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote
  • On 12 Hyd 2011: Michael Connarty wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote
  • On 22 Meh 2011: Michael Connarty was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — The Economy Show vote
  • On 13 Gor 2010: Michael Connarty wedi pleidleisio to exempt charities' charitable activities from the January 2011 increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20%. Show vote
  • On 13 Gor 2010: Michael Connarty wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote

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