§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of money would be required to provide a Member of Parliament who is (a) single, (b) married without children, (c) married with one child, (d) married with two children and (e) married with three children with the same net income after tax and
country 1974 on 1973 1975 on 1974 1976 on 1975 Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Austria … … … … 9.5 8.4 7.3 Belgium … … … … 12.7 12.7 9.2 Luxembourg … … … 9.6 10.7 9.8 Denmark … … … … 15.4 9.9 9.0 Finland … … … … 17.5 17.6 14.4 France … … … … 13.7 11.7 9.6 Germany … … … … 7.0 6.0 4.5 Iceland … … … … 43.3 49.0 32.9 Ireland … … … … 17.0 20.9 18.0 Italy … … … … 19.1 17.0 16.8 Norway … … … … 9.8 11.9 8.7 Portugal … … … … 25.1 15.3 21.1 Spain … … … … 15.7 16.9 17.7 Sweden … … … … 10.7 9.7 10.2 Switzerland … … … 9.8 6.7 1.7 United Kingdom … … … 15.9 24.2 16.5