§ Mr. MacArthurasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what total of additional taxation has been raised since October, 1964, including the proposals in his recent Budget statement; and if he will express this as an average daily increase for the period 15th October, 1964, to 19th March, 1968.
§ Mr. DiamondSince we do not know what would have happened to the economy in the absence of the taxation measures taken by the Government since October, 1964 (and what the consequent yield of previous taxation would have been), it is not possible to say how much more taxation has been raised than would have been raised in the absence of those measures.