Income and Wealth Distribution

HC Deb 09 February 1976 vol 905 cc61-2W

Mr. Ridley

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's conclusions in relation to the first report of the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth.

Mr. Booth

The first report of the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth, published on 30th July last as a Command Paper (Cmnd. 6171), was an initial report on its standing reference, which asks the Commission to analyse the current distribution of personal income and wealth and available information on past trends. Its only recommendations concerned suggested improvements and extensions of the official statistics on income and wealth, on which the Departments concerned are in touch with the Commission.