§ 54. Mr. Biffenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will appoint a committee of inquiry to determine the relative advantages of applying selective social welfare through a system of negative personal tax rather than by administered means-tested benefits.
§ Mr. TaverneI have nothing to add to the replies to Questions on other aspects of this subject given to the hon. Member for Chigwell (Mr. Biggs-Davison) on 23rd January and 7th March and to my hon. Friend the Member for Brentford and Chiswick (Mr. Barnes) on 23rd January.—[Vol. 757, c.61; Vol. 760, c. 134.]