HC Deb 04 May 1971 vol 816 cc321-2W
Mr. Hiley

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost of allowing wives to disaggregate their investment income from that of their husbands, in the same manner that has been allowed for earned income in his Budget proposals.

Mr. Patrick Jenkin

The information available, in particular as to the ownership of investments by husband and wife respectively, is not adequate to allow a reliable estimate, but it is improbable that the cost would be less than £100 million per annum and it might be considerably more.