§ Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the net weekly gain or loss for families with each of one, two three and four children, as a result of the 3rd April increases in child benefit, and the proposed reductions in child tax allowances, assuming families below the tax threshold, basic rate taxpayers, and families with a new marginal tax rate equal to each of the higher rate bands.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe figures are as follows: