§ Mr. John Hallasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he estimates the cost to the revenue would have been in the current financial year if he had raised the Surtax level to£3,000 and£4,000, respectively.
§ Sir E. BoyleIf the rates of Surtax now charged on successive slices of income above the present starting points were charged on similar successive slices starting at points£1,000 or£2,000 higher the cost in a full year would be£47 million or£75 million, respectively.