§ Mr. Hickmetasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much a married man with a non-working wife and (a) two children and (b) three children needs to gross before being better off than the same man who is unemployed and in receipt of all benefits available; what effect a reduction of the basic rate of tax to 25p would have; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Norman LamontI shall let my hon. Friend have a reply as soon as possible.