§ 17. Mr. W. Hamiltonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will give details of the preparatory expenditure of £30,000 which he estimates as necessary in the event of imposing a surcharge on employers under Clause 30 of the Finance Bill.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterAbout £25,000 would be for publicity. Miscellaneous additional costs involved in new rates of stamps would account for the remainder.
§ Mr. HamiltonHave any leaflets been printed in connection with this scheme? How much preparatory expenditure has been already incurred? Can the right hon. Gentleman tell us what proportion this expenditure is of the total cost of the scheme when it is in operation—as it probably will be very soon?
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI made it perfectly clear at this Box last week that no such preparatory steps had been taken, and that, of course, covers the subject matter of this Question.