HC Deb 21 April 1978 vol 948 cc386-7W
Mr Lawson

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the revenue cost of cutting the basic rate of income tax from 34 per cent. to 33 per cent. leaving the proposed reduced rate band unaltered.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.

Mr Lawson

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the revenue cost, additional to the cost of proposals made in the Budget, of instituting a scale of income tax at the upper rates in which taxable income between £8,000 and £10,000 was taxed at 40 per cent., between £10,000 and £14,000 at 50 per cent., between £14,000 and £21,000 at 60 per cent and over £21,000 at 70 per cent.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

I shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.