§ 50 and 51. Dame Irene Wardasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will now take steps to ensure that elderly people, who draw two pensions and whose tax liability is increased and not decreased by the Finance Bill, obtain relief in accordance with his undertaking in the Budget;
(2) if he will appoint a representative committee to report on the matter of tax liabilities of elderly people with more than one pension whose tax liability has increased and not decreased as a result of the Budget; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DiamondThe Finance Bill implements the undertaking my right hon. Friend gave in his Budget speech to increase the tax exemption limits for people over 65 this year broadly in step with the increases in national insurance retirement pensions which will be payable in 1969–70. The appointment of a committee does not arise.