§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for (a) whisky, (b) spirits and (c) imported wine, the revenue from excise duty in each year since 1974–75; and what that revenue would have been in each year if the rate of duty had remained at the 1974–75 level in real terms.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonNet receipts of duty, including customs duty until 1st January 1976, were:
£ million (a) Whisky (b) Spirits (c) Wine 1974–75 291 555 106 1975–76 369 699 182 1976–77 453 869 227 9177–78 455 875 244 If the duty rates had remained, in real terms, as they were in 1974–75 many
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§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing (a) the real take-home pay and (b) the real net income of a married man with two children under 11 years of age on (i) average earnings, and (ii) average manual workers' earnings, in September 1978, and in September of each of the four previous years, and in February 1974, all expressed in September 1978 prices.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe figures are as follows:
things, including the quantities on which duty was payable, would have been different, and it is not possible to give any realistic estimate of what the revenues would have been.