§ Q12. Mr. Peter Archerasked the Prime Minister if he will place in the Library of the House of Commons a copy of his public speech to the Parliamentary Press Gallery on 25th November, 1970, on the subject of economic incentives.
§ Mr. MaudlingI have been asked to reply.
My right hon. Friend's remarks were delivered extempore.
§ Mr. ArcherIs the House to assume from that answer that no one troubled to take a note? If anyone did, will the Home Secretary explain whether it is regarded by the Government as an incentive to impose a plethora of means tests on the lower income groups? If not, are they less in need of an incentive than his paymasters?
§ Mr. MaudlingThe point which my right hon. Friend made, which was totally valid, concerned reductions of taxation, both corporate and individual, as an incentive to effort.