Scottish Parliament to approve plans to make sanitary products freely available to all women, the first nation in the world to do so
The Scottish Parliament on Tuesday is due to approve plans to make sanitary products freely available to all women — the first nation in the world to do so.
“These are not luxury items. They are indeed essential and no one in Scotland should have to go without period products,” Lennon said, adding that the bill was about “period dignity.” A consultation document proposed modelling the scheme on the card-based system for free condoms, where users register for a free card or voucher to exchange for the products.
Sanitary products in the United Kingdom are currently taxed at 5 percent — the so-called “tampon tax.” Former prime minister David Cameron’s government said it wanted to end the unpopular tax but that its hands were tied by European Union rules which set tax rates for certain products.
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