§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the full year cost of disregarding widow's allowance for income tax purposes.
§ Mr. Peter ReesThe cost of exempting from income tax the widow's allowance, including the earnings related supplement, is not known precisely, but could be of the order of £10 million in a full year at 1979–80 income levels.