§ 49. Sir A. Meyerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now publish a White Paper showing the extent to which the British economy is interdependent with the economy of the rest of the EEC and the consequences for Great Britain of that interdependence.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonNo. While the United Kingdom economy has close links with the rest of the EEC, I doubt whether it would be worth while to attempt to separate these from the many other factors, both domestic and internal, which affect the United Kingdom economy.
Maximum number of weeks for which refunds may be payable, assuming previous earnings equal to: Average weekly refund£ (a) 100 per cent, of average manual earnings (b) 75 per cent, of average manual earnings (c) 50 per cent, of average manual earnings £ Single person 5.15 40 37 29 Married couple 7.80 34 29 18 Married couple with 1 child 9.05 32 25 12 Married couple with 2 children 10.10 29 22 7 Married couple with 3 children 11.20 27 19 3 Married couple with 4 children 12.30 25 16 No tax liability Average earnings are the New Earnings Survey estimates of the average weekly earnings of full-time adult male manual workers in April 1976, updated to April 1977 by the monthly index of average earnings. The figures assume full implementation of the Budget proposals.