VAT Relief: Business Donations

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb Excerpts

Tuesday 19th May 2026 Lords Chamber

[Lord Livermore (Lab)]

I think we are satisfied.

[Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GP)]

My Lords, one thing the Government could perhaps do for people who are on very low incomes and suffering from food poverty is to cap the price of some essential items at supermarkets. Supermarkets make a huge profit from us customers, so capping a few prices might help the general population.

[Lord Livermore (Lab)]

I am not sure that it is for the Government to cap prices. We are working closely with supermarkets to ensure that they are keeping costs down, and competition is thriving in the sector to help keep costs down for consumers. The noble Baroness knows that we are absolutely committed to tackling poverty and ending mass dependence on things such as emergency food parcels and other charitable support. It is why, most importantly, we are tackling the root causes of child poverty and scrapping the two-child limit, which will lift 450,000 children out of poverty by the end of this Parliament.