VAT ON SUNCARE PRODUCTS

Early day motion 2449, tabled 27 June 2006 by Bob Spink (Conservative). Signed by 67 members.

That this House congratulates the Skin Awareness for Everyone (SAFE) and Superdrug campaign, with the Institute of Cancer Research, to remove VAT from suncare products; recognises that skin cancer cases in the UK have more than doubled in the last 20 years with 60,000 people diagnosed and 1,700 deaths each year from melanoma; further notes that children are particularly at risk with around 80 per cent. of exposure to the sun before the age of 21 years and sunburn in childhood being a major factor in an adult's chances of getting skin cancer; and therefore calls on the Government to take the financially prudent and socially caring approach of reclassifying suncare products as essential health care items before summer 2007.

Signatures by party: Labour 31, Liberal Democrat 15, Conservative 10, DUP 3, Scottish National Party 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Plaid Cymru 2.