HC Deb 02 March 1978 vol 945 cc347-8W
Mr. Kenneth Clarke

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost of raising the threshold for surcharge on investment income to £4,000 per annum for persons over 65 years of age.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

About £55 million at 1977–78 income levels.

Mr. MacGregor

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are

ciation of the value of the social contract, but I doubt if enlightenment has spread sufficiently far among Opposition Members to make such a meeting fruitful.