§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if it is his intention that supplementary benefit should be reckonable for tax;
(2) if it is his intention to make reckonable for tax the payments made on behalf of children to supplementary benefit beneficiaries.
§ Mr. Peter ReesI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Barking (Miss Richardson) on 16 April.—[Vol. 982, c. 613.]
§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if it is his intention to make family income supplement reckonable for tax;
(2) if it is his intention to make child benefit and child benefit increase reckonable for tax.
§ Mr. Peter ReesI have no plans to do so.