§ 20. Mr. Boyd-Carpenterasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total burden of taxation, central and local per head of the population in the present financial year; and if he will give comparable figures for 1964 and 1951.
§ Mr. CallaghanAbout £229 for the financial year 1966–67 compared with £180 for the calendar year 1964 and £96 for 1951.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterDoes not this increasing burden on the citizen account in some measure for the lack of zip and expansion in the economy?
§ Mr. CallaghanIt should also be contrasted with the fact that average weekly earnings of men in the Government's first period of 18 months have gone up by more than £2 a week—probably more by now—and it must also be set against the fact that the whole House has agreed to substantial additional expenditure on things such as roads, education, health and benefits and assistance, and, indeed, has pressed the Government to do more.