§ Mr. Joel Barnettasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review the manner in which widows are treated for pay-as-you-earn purposes, with particular reference to arrears of tax that have arisen due to inefficiencies of local tax offices, an example of which has recently been given to him by the hon. Member for Heywood and Royton; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NottArrears of PAYE tax arising through errors in tax offices are considered for remission under the White Paper of 14th July, 1971 (Observations by the Government on the First Report from the Select Committee on the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration—Cmnd. 4729). I have not received details of the example affecting a widow to which the hon. Member refers, but I will consider it if he will let me have them.