§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether (1) he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the United States of America and the United Kingdom the change in the incidence of (a) direct and (b) indirect taxation since 1979 for a person on average earnings so far as this can be calculated;
(2) whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for the years 1973–74, 1978–79 and the current financial year, at a full year rate, the percentage of gross income taken in (a) direct taxes, including national insurance contributions less child benefit and (b)indirect taxation, in the case of a married man with two children, one earner and no other allowances where the earnings of the married man are (i) 45 per cent., (ii) 60 per cent., (iii) 100 per cent., (iv) 200 per cent. and (v) 300 per cent. of average earnings: and if he will provide comparable figures for single persons;
(3) whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the yield from the abolition of age allowances for (a) married couples and (b) single persons; and if he will include in each case the cost of abolishing the income limit by abolishing the claw-back;
(4) whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the estimated taxable values in the current financial year of benefits to taxation under special taxation rules under the different headings together with the real values in each case;