§ 79. Mr. Iremongerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what rate of Income Tax in the £ sterling is represented by the total payments of taxpapers' money made by him to local authorities under the Housing Acts, 1919, 1924, 1946, and 1949; what is the total annual sum of these payments; what categories of Her Majesty's subjects are calculated to benefit from the payment of these sums; and upon what principle such categories are selected.
§ Mr. P. ThorneycroftThe answer to the first part of the Question is about twopence. As for the second part of the Question I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to him by my right hon. Friend the Minister of Housing and Local Government on 26th November.