§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost in a full year of taxing married couples as if they were single persons living together.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 11th January 1978; Vol. 941, c. 753], gave the following further reply;
I regret that the information on which to base an estimate is not available.