§ Mr. Rookerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report in some convenient form a comparison of the current income tax rates of the member States of the European Economic Community, showing at what levels of income income tax becomes payable and at what rate, giving sterling equivalents, and showing separately the effects of income tax alone and the 133W combined effects of income tax and social security contributions by the wage earner; and if he will set out similar information for 1977–78 and 1978–79.
§ Mr. RidleyI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.