§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate (a) the staff savings and (b) the financial savings accruing from the merging of the employees' national insurance and tax systems into a common rate structure.
§ Mr. RidleyI regret that, without detailed proposals for a combined structure, no estimate can be made of the extent of any staff or financial savings that might flow from its introduction.