HC Deb 22 March 1979 vol 964 c701W
39. Mr. Brotherton

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about the proposed tax amnesty for casual workers in Fleet Street.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Burton (Mr. Lawrence) on 16 March.

47. Mr. Stanbrook

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures have been taken against newspaper proprietors for their failure to maintain proper records of the casual workers who have now been relieved of the obligation to pay arrears of income tax.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

None. The Inland Revenue believes that the new arrangements in Fleet Street introduced on 4 March 1979 are the most effective means of combating the problem of evasion.