§ Mr. Grieveasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated cost of according to married women the right to have their investment incomes separately 357W assessed and taxed, without being aggregated with the incomes of their husbands, in the same way that they may now claim such a right in respect of their earned income.
§ Mr. NottNo precise estimate can be given, but the cost is unlikely to be less than £100 million, if it is assumed that married couples arranged their investments between them to their best advantage.