§ Mr. Pounderasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many persons in receipt of the State retirement pension pay Income Tax on these pensions.
§ Mr. MacDermotAbout 1½ million counting married couples as one.
§ Mr. Pounderasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost, at current rates of Income Tax and of State retirement pensions, of exempting retirement pensioners from bearing Income Tax on their State pensions.
§ Mr. MacDermotAbout £60 million in a full year.