Austin Mitchell

Cyn Llafur MP ar gyfer Great Grimsby

UK Parliament Profile

VAT Rate

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

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Austin Mitchell generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT

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Major votes

Minor votes

  • On 5 Med 2012: Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote
  • On 5 Med 2012: Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote
  • On 17 Mai 2012: Austin Mitchell 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: Austin Mitchell 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: Austin Mitchell 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: Austin Mitchell 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: Austin Mitchell 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: Austin Mitchell 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: Austin Mitchell 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: Austin Mitchell 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: Austin Mitchell wedi pleidleisio 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. Show vote
  • On 13 Gor 2010: Austin Mitchell was absent for a vote on Finance Bill — No Increase in VAT Rate for Charities — rejected Show vote
  • On 13 Gor 2010: Austin Mitchell was absent for a vote on Finance Bill — Require Impact Assessments Before VAT Increase — rejected Show vote

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