§ 28. Mr. Freudasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will list the proportion of the income of a married man with no dependent children earning £40,000 a year taken in tax now and in the tax year 1978–79.
§ Mr. RidleyA married man with no children whose earnings are £40,000 in 1983–84 and have increased by the same percentage as average earnings is expected to pay about 39.2 per cent. of his earnings in income tax in 1983–84, compared with about 46.2 per cent. in 1978–79.