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House of Commons division

Budget Resolution No. 34: Value added tax (private school fees)

Passed383 ayes · 184 noes

What the vote was about

This budget resolution applied value added tax (VAT) to private school fees. Previously private school fees were exempt from VAT. This change will increase the cost of private education, affecting families who choose private schools, including those in Cornwall. It may also have knock-on effects on state school places.

Why this division is tracked here

VAT on private school fees is a major tax change affecting education and household budgets, including in Cornwall.

This is Cornwall Political Watch’s own editorial reason for covering the division, drafted with AI assistance from the division title and text. It is not part of the official record and says nothing about how any member voted.

How Cornwall’s MPs voted

Positions are recorded exactly as the House of Commons Votes API states them. The Commons records no abstentions: a member who did not vote is shown as having no vote recorded, and a member acting as a teller has no vote counted.

Source

Division 1860, House of Commons, published by the UK Parliament. The full division list names every member who voted.

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