HC Deb 20 November 1986 vol 105 cc316-7W
Dr. McDonald

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will (a) list all the organisations which submitted a response to the Green Paper, "The Reform of Personal Taxation" and (b) state how many of these supported the proposal for a system of transferable tax allowances.

Mr. Norman Lamont

[pursuant to his reply, 17 November 1986, c.82]: Responses have been received from the following organisations:

  1. 1. Association of British Chambers of Commerce
  2. 2. Association of County Councils
  3. 3. Association of Independent Businesses
  4. 4. Association of Women Solicitors
  5. 5. Birmingham Chamber of Industry and Commerce
  6. 6. Bristol Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  7. 7. Bristol Junior Chamber
  8. 8. British Federation of University Women
  9. 9. British Federation of University Women—NE Association of Women Graduates
  10. 10. British Institute of Management
  11. 11. Chartered Association of Certified Accountants
  12. 12. Child Poverty Action Group
  13. 13. City Women's Network
  14. 14. Civil Service Pensioners' Alliance, Stratford-on-Avon
  15. 15. Confederation of British Industry
  16. 16. Conservative Family Campaign
  17. 17. Conservative Political Centre
  18. 18. Co-operative Union Ltd.
  19. 19. Country Landowners Association
  20. 20. East Surrey constituency Conservative party
  21. 21. Equal Opportunities Commission
  22. 22. Equal Opportunities Commission for Northern Ireland
  23. 23. Fawcett Society
  24. 24. Gingerbread
  25. 25. Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
  26. 26. Inland Revenue Staff Federation
  27. 27. Institute of Administrative Accountants
  28. 28. Institute of Chartered Accountants (England and Wales)
  29. 29. Institute of Chartered Accountants (Scotland)
  30. 30. Institute of Cost and Management Accountants
    31. 317
  31. 31. Institute of Directors
  32. 32. Institute of Taxation
  33. 33. Jubilee centre, Cambridge
  34. 34. Law Society
  35. 35. Law Society of Scotland
  36. 36. Leicester city council
  37. 37. Liberal party
  38. 38. London Borough of Lewisham
  39. 39. London Chamber of Commerce
  40. 40. Low Pay Unit
  41. 41. Managerial, Professional and Staff Liaison group
  42. 42. Married Women's Association
  43. 43. Merseyside Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  44. 44. Monday Club
  45. 45. National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education
  46. 46. National Board of Catholic Women
  47. 47. National Chamber of Trade
  48. 48. National Children's Bureau
  49. 49. National Consumer Council
  50. 50. National Council for One Parent Families
  51. 51. National Council of Women of Great Britain
  52. 52. National Farmers Union
  53. 53. National Federation of Post Office and British Telecom Pensioners
  54. 54. National Federation of Self-Employed and Small Businesses Ltd.
  55. 55. National Federation of Women's Institutes
  56. 56. Order of Christian Unity
  57. 57. Public Service Pensioners Council
  58. 58. Sevenoaks Working Mothers Association
  59. 59. Sheffield Christian Constituency Movement
  60. 60. Taxpayers Society
  61. 61. Trades Union Congress
  62. 62. United Kingdom Federation of Business and Professional Women
  63. 63. United Kingdom Federation of Business and Professional Women, Rugby
  64. 64. War Widows Association of Great Britain
  65. 65. Women in BP
  66. 66. Women in Management
  67. 67. Women's Forum Northern Ireland

Of the organisations expressing a preference for any particular system, 25 supported transferable allowances and 21 supported variations of the system of mandatory separate taxation. Responses from organisations were greatly outnumbered by responses from individuals. Overall, the great majority of the responses expressing a preference supported transferable allowances.