§ 53. Mr. Lathamasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the steps taken to eliminate discrimination on grounds of sex from those fields of law and administration which are within the control of his Department; and in which matters such steps have not yet been taken.
§ Mr. HigginsAs far as the Inland Revenue is concerned, provision has been made that where a married couple jointly so claim, the wife's earnings—although not her investment income—shall be charged to tax as if she were a single person.
In the fields which fall within the responsibility of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's other departments, I am not aware of any steps which need to be 57W taken to eliminate discrimination on grounds of sex.