§ 41. Mr. Leachasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can see his way to make the same income tax rebate to a wage-earning spinster living with another single woman unable to earn as he now makes to husband and wife.
§ Mr. AsshetonI have been asked to reply. My right hon. Friend cannot see his way to propose an amendment of the law as suggested by my hon. Friend.
§ Mr. LeachHas not a woman living in the circumstances outlined in my Question performed a real national service in the saving of expenditure to the public, and should she not be treated in the same way as the wife of a married man?
§ Mr. AsshetonThis is only one of a number of similar cases which could be put forward.