30. Sir William van Straubenezeeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the real take-home pay of a family man in April 1983 compares with that for April 1979.
§ Mr. WakehamThe comparison is more meaningful in terms of complete financial years. Comparing 1983–84 with 1978–79, the real take-home pay—including child benefit—of a family man with two children and earning the national average wage is expected to be about 5½ per cent. higher, and that of a similar man earning three-quarters of the national average about 5 per cent. higher this year than then.