Member

What does this proposal say to the millions of pupils and parents in mainstream education? What thoughts and feelings does it foster? It fosters resentment and envy without any factual basis whatsoever. Where does it end? There are tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of small businesses below the VAT threshold that provide sports coaching for pupils, music lessons and creative art sessions. Are those parents who are not paying VAT on the few quid that they might spend to send their child to a local football club stopping other children having local school supplies? Of course not, but that is the argument the Government are advancing.