§ Mr. Patrick Jenkinasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that Mr. W. B. Reddaway, who at his request is undertaking an inquiry into the effect of Selective Employment Tax on service trades, is refusing to regard himself as open to receive representations from the trades affected but only as entitled to seek assistance from such trades as he considers can help him; and if he will revise Mr. Reddaway's terms of reference, so that his inquiry may take account of all relevant representations.
§ Mr. DiamondIt is for Mr. Reddaway himself to decide how he conducts the inquiry and which representations are
DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH OWNED BY INDIVIDUALS IN GREAT BRITAIN Over Range of net wealth Not over Number of owners of wealth Amount of wealth £ £ '000 Per cent. £'000m. Per cent. — … 1,000 … … 5,398 31.2 2.8 3.4 1,000 … 3,000 … … 5,273 30.5 9.8 11.7 3,000 … 5,000 … … 2,966 17.1 11.6 13.9 5,000 … 10,000 … … 2,177 12.6 15.3 18.3 10,000 … 15,000 … … 620 3.6 7.6 9.1 15,000 … 20,000 … … 270 1.6 4.8 5.7 20,000 … 25,000 … … 157 0.9 3.4 4.1 25,000 … 50,000 … … 279 1.6 9.9 11.8 50,000 … 100,000 … … 109 0.6 7.5 9.0 100,000 … 200,000 … … 37 0.2 5.1 6.1 200,000 … — … … 14 0.1 5.8 6.9 Total … … … … 17,300 100.0 83.6 100.0 I regret that there are no official estimates for 1938.