division_name: Finance Bill (Ways and Means) (Payment of Corporation Tax) &#8212; New Clause 7 &#8212; VAT on sanitary protection products (No. 2)
motion: <p pid="c.137.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;(1) Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Chancellor of the Exchequer shall lay before both Houses of Parliament a statement on his strategy to negotiate with the European Union institutions an exemption from value added tax for women&#8217;s sanitary protection products.</p>
  
  <p pid="c.137.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">(2) A Minister of the Crown must lay before Parliament a report on progress at achieving an exemption from value added tax for women&#8217;s sanitary protection products within European Union law by <phrase class="date" code="2016-04-01" pwmotiontext="yes">1 April 2016</phrase>.&#8221;&#8212;<i>(Paula Sherriff.)</i></p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="c.137.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Brought up.</p>
  
  <p pid="c.137.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put,</i> That the clause be added to the Bill.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="c.137.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="c.137.1/6" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 287, Noes 305.</p>