HC Deb 21 February 1980 vol 979 c344W
Mr. Ralph Howell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list for each year since 1970 the total loss of revenue caused by the exemption from taxation of sickness, unemployment and supplementary benefits.

Mr. Peter Rees

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen, South (Mr. Sproat) on 19 December 1976.—[Vol. 976, c. 210.]