§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the replies to the hon. Member for Farnham (Mr. Macmillan), Official Report, 10th May, column 538, and to the hon. Member for Woolwich, West (Mr. Bottomley), Official Report, 11th May, column 582, if he will now estimate the number of families with dependent children who, as a result of the reduction in child tax allowances to date, will pay tax for the first time or will pay tax at a higher marginal rate than would otherwise have been the case, assuming that child tax allowances had been retained.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe available figures were given in the reply to the hon. Member for Woolwich, West (Mr. Bottomley) [Official Report, 11th May, column 582.] It is not known how many taxpayers are paying tax for the first time as a result of the reduction in allowances.