Miss Rathboneasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the advisability of providing in the forthcoming Budget for the extension of the rebate on Income Tax now allowed to a widower with a housekeeper to unmarried persons of either sex where such person has resident with or dependent on him a parent, brother or sister who, by reason of age or ill-health, necessitates his employment of a housekeeper?
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§ Sir J. SimonAll relevant matters will be considered in framing the Budget Statement, but the hon. Member, I am sure, will not expect me to anticipate that Statement.