§ Mr. Meacherasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate, as a result of all Government policies so far announced, of the total amount of redistribution of income from the poorest quarter of the population to the richest quarter.
§ Mr. Maurice MacmillanThere are no means of determining to what extent any one quarter gains at the expense of another. However, the social service benefits which are the most potent instruments of redistribution have been substantially increased for those with the lowest incomes and I do not accept that the poorest quarter is worse off as the Question implies.