§ Sir B. Rhys Williamsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in his Budget, he will extend the system of family allowances to provide £1 per week tax-free for all children including the first, payable, as now, normally to the mothers, plus a further positive tax-free parents' allowance of £1 payable either to the fathers or at the parents' option; and if he will simplify the tax system by ending the existing negative child allowances.