§ Mr. Foxasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost of abolishing investment income surcharge on income from maintenance payments to separated or divorced people.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report 16th December 1977; Vol. 941, c. 325], gave the following information:
Information on which to base a precise estimate is not available, but the cost would be unlikely to exceed £1 million.