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Cut in condom tax welcome, but greater protection needed to secure sexual health services - Burstow
March 28, 2006 12:00 AM
Local Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow has welcomed Gordon Brown's decision to slash the VAT on condoms and other contraceptives in his Budget announced last week.
The Budget statement issued by the Chancellor comes just weeks after the Sutton and Cheam MP tabled a question asking what plans the Treasury had to reduce the VAT on condoms from 17.5 per cent to just 5 per cent.
Paul Burstow MP said:
"I'm delighted the Chancellor has decided to reduce the VAT on contraceptives. The otherwise high price of condoms can be a real disincentive for people to practice safer sex, and this decision will go some way in reducing the UK's high number of unintended pregnancies, and sexually transmitted infections.
"But Brown has ignored the broader picture of a chronic cash crisis within the NHS. The danger is money allocated to front-line sexual health services by the Choosing Health White Paper, will instead be diverted to plug rising deficits in local health service budgets."
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