§ Mr. Meacherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) in the case of a single-parent family where the mother is working part-time and a son aged 16 years is earning, if he proposes to disaggregate those earnings, respectively, for income tax purposes, for family income supplement eligibility, where the mother is in receipt of supplementary benefits, where the son is receiving supplementary benefits, and in the case of model rent rebate schemes;
(2) in the case of a single-parent family where, respectively, either the parent or the child has unearned income, if he proposes to disaggregate such income, respectively, for income tax purposes, family income supplement eligibility, where the mother is in receipt of supplementary benefit, where the child is receiving supplementary benefit, and in the case of model rent rebate schemes.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinThe aggregation provisions which my right hon. Friend has proposed should be repealed do not apply to earned income. The other matters are for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Social Services and, in the case of rent rebate schemes, for the Environment.