§ Sir W. Bromley-Davenportasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the working population, employers, employees and self-employed persons, pay direct Income Tax; what percentage of all those in receipt of retirement pensions pay Income Tax; and what percentage of those in receipt of family allowances pay Income Tax.
§ Mr. MacDermotAbout 80 per cent. of the working population, counting earning wives separately, pay Income Tax; about 20 per cent. of retirement pensioners, counting married couples as two where both have a pension in their own right, pay Income Tax; and 84 per cent. of the families with family allowances, pay Income Tax.
§ Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much Income Tax relief for children would have to be reduced to raise £58 million extra revenue.
§ Mr. MacDermotA cut of £15 in the child allowance for all children would yield about £60 million in a full year. A cut of £30 in the child allowance for second and subsequent children would yield about the same amount.