HC Deb 18 July 1967 vol 750 cc204-5W
Mr. Ridley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out a list of the companies in which there is a State holding of equity capital, together with the amount, and the percentage this represents.

Mr. Diamond

The following table gives the information required:

list showing where persons are more than £1,000 in arrears with there Income Tax and Surtax payments for a period of 12 months or more.

Mr. MacDermot

The number of people bankrupted for tax arrears is small, and the number of entertainers is a very small proportion of the total. The Revenue do all that they can to collect from each taxpayer the amount of tax due from him, but it is impossible to avoid arrears building up in some cases. The information asked for in the last part of my hon. Friend's Question is not available.