Scotland to approve free sanitary products for all women

LONDON: 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.

The Period Products Scotland Bill was proposed by Scottish lawmaker Monica Lennon, who first submitted a draft proposal in 2017. The cost is expected to be around 24.1 million pounds . "We are changing the culture and it's really exciting that other countries right around the world are watching very closely to see what we do," she said.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 per cent - 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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If happens in sg, bkk supermarket biz dipped ;p

Who pays for it? It sure ain't free

Everyone need to learn this

Brazil should learn!

What's next? Free Mao Zedong jackets and caps?

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