§ 73 and 75. Mr. H. A. Priceasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) the average weekly earnings of men in employment in October, 1951; and, assuming the average man to be married and in receipt of a family allowance for one of his two children, what his net weekly income would have been after deducting Income Tax at the rate then ruling;
(2) the average weekly earnings of men in employment in October, 1954; and, assuming the average man to be married and in receipt of a family allowance in respect of one of his two children, what his net weekly income would have been after deducting Income Tax at the rate then ruling.
§ Mr. H. BrookeThe average weekly earnings of adult male workers in manufacturing and certain other industries were £8 6s. in October, 1951, and £9 17s. 8d. in April, 1954, the latest date for which figures are at present available. For a married man with two children the corresponding net weekly incomes, including family allowance and after deduction of Income Tax, would have been £8 10s. and £10 4s. 4d. respectively.