HC Deb 19 November 1981 vol 13 cc187-8W
25. Mr. Flannery

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he estimates that the burden of taxation on the average family has increased or decreased over the past two years; and to what extent.

Mr. Ridley

I refer the hon. Member to the note on the effects of the last three Budgets which was prepared by the Treasury for the Select Committee on the Treasury and Civil Service and published as appendix 6 to the fifth report of that Committee on 6 April 1981.