§ 20. Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what tax is payable on earnings from part-time service in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
§ Mr. Denzil DaviesLifeboatmen are liable to tax on these earnings at the appropriate rate.
§ Mr. Biggs-DavisonIs the Minister satisfied that the tax system does not operate so as to make any lifeboatman worse off because of part-time wages as is the case to my knowledge with some members of the Ulster Defence Regiment?
§ Mr. DaviesLifeboatmen pay tax on their part-time earnings. I recognise that they have strong feelings about it, but they are not treated any differently from other people who pay tax on part-time earnings.