§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing (a) total national insurance contributions, distinguishing between 790W employers' and employees' contributions and (b) income tax liability, as a percentage of the gross wage of a man with a wife and two children not over 11 years of age earning 50 per cent., 75 per cent., 100 per cent., 150 per cent. and 200 per cent. of average manual earnings in 1950, 1960, 1970, 1975 and 1976, assuming for 1976 the new rates of National Insurance proposed to take effect from 1st April 1976, and assuming that average earnings in 1976 will be £6 higher than in 1975.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI regret that it has not proved possible to collect the information requested in the time available.