§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department will undertake research to discover how people prefer to pay their taxes.
§ Mr. MacDermotAny such research would inevitably produce many conflicting views depending on the personal cir-140W cumstances of respondents. I think it is more relevant to examine objectively the incidence of taxes and of social benefits as is done in the continuing work of the Central Statistical Office. In relation to the years 1963 and 1964 this was reported in Economic Trends for August, 1966. The economic, social and administrative aspects of taxes are, of course, kept under continuous review by the Treasury and the Revenue Departments.