§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it is his policy to freeze the level of the threshold for the higher rate of income tax in 2003–04. [52951]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 26 April 2002]: No, the Government's plans, as set out in the Budget, assume the indexation of the basic rate limit (£29,900 in 2002£03).