§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) further to the answer of 27 January, Official Report, c. 525, to the hon. Member for Grimsby, concerning the cost of a proposed change in personal taxation, whether he will publish in the Official Report a revised figure based on simple indexing of the age allowance;
(2) further to the answer of 27 January, Official Report, concerning the cost of a restructuring of income tax, whether he will publish in the Official Report the estimated cost of the proposed changes on the assumption that the personal allowance for single persons and half the personal allowance for married couples would be recoverable at the rate of 30 per cent. of total income in excess of £5,800 and £7,600, respectively;
(3) further to his reply of 27 January to the hon. Member for Grimsby, Official Report, c. 524–25, concerning a change in the structure of taxation, whether he will publish in the Official Report a revised figure of the cost if (a) the age allowances were not increased and (b) the single allowance and half the married allowance were reduced by 30 per cent. of the amount by which total income exceeded £5,800 and £7,550, respectively.
§ Mr. RidleyI have written to the hon. Member, and placed a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.