VAT Rate
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Lord Hain generally voted against increasing the rate of VAT
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On 18 Ebr 2013:
Lord Hain was absent for a vote on Finance Bill — New Clause 2 — Rate of VAT
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On 3 Gor 2012:
Lord Hain wedi pleidleisio to cut VAT from 20% to 17.5%
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On 28 Meh 2011:
Lord Hain was absent for a vote on Value Added Tax (Change of Rate) Order 2011
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On 20 Gor 2010:
Lord Hain wedi pleidleisio 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 Gor 2010:
Lord Hain was absent for a vote on Finance Bill — Rate of Value Added Tax
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On 13 Gor 2010:
Lord Hain wedi pleidleisio against increasing Value Added Tax from 17.5% to 20% from the 4th of January 2011.
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On 6 Gor 2010:
Lord Hain wedi pleidleisio 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 Meh 2010:
Lord Hain wedi pleidleisio not to raise VAT to 20% from the 4th of January 2011.
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On 17 Rha 2008:
Lord Hain Fe wnaeth pleidleisio no ar Reduction of VAT from 17.5% to 15%
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On 5 Med 2012:
Lord Hain 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.
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On 5 Med 2012:
Lord Hain 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.
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On 17 Mai 2012:
Lord Hain was absent for a vote on Queens' Speech — Tax on Bank Bonuses — Jobs Guarantee — VAT Reduction — Make Investment Sooner
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On 17 Mai 2012:
Lord Hain was absent for a vote on Queens' Speech — Jobs — Banker's Bonus Tax — VAT Cut — Tax Incentive to Take on Workers — Sooner Infrastructure Investment
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On 16 Mai 2012:
Lord Hain wedi pleidleisio 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 Ion 2012:
Lord Hain 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.
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On 14 Rha 2011:
Lord Hain 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.
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On 23 Tach 2011:
Lord Hain 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.
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On 9 Tach 2011:
Lord Hain 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.
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On 12 Hyd 2011:
Lord Hain 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.
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On 22 Meh 2011:
Lord Hain 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.
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On 13 Gor 2010:
Lord Hain wedi pleidleisio to exempt charities' charitable activities from the January 2011 increase in VAT from 17.5% to 20%.
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On 13 Gor 2010:
Lord Hain 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.
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