§ Mr. Edward Lyonsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what loss of revenue is estimated to result if trade union subscriptions payable, where trade union membership is a condition of employment arising out of a closed shop agreement, were treated as allowable expenses against tax.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThis information is not available, but if the tax relief were to be given for all trade union subscriptions the cost would be somewhere about £25 million.