Seema Malhotra MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, commenting on the so-called ‘Tampon Tax’, said:

“Labour MP Paula Sheriff has tabled an amendment to the Finance Bill that will scrap the so-called ‘Tampon Tax’. This is attracting cross-party support. Labour will be supporting this motion.

“Women’s sanitary products are not a luxury. George Osborne failed to take the opportunity in his Budget to say that he would take the action called for by Labour and feminist campaigners and seek to get the ‘Tampon Tax’ abolished.

“But we now know that the European Commission is on the verge of offering the opportunity to do just that. George Osborne should work with Labour MEPs and other EU member states to ensure that this unfair tax is abolished once and for all.”