§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost of exempting from his Budget proposal about life assurance policies any policy whose capital value on completion would not exceed the amount of capital disregarded for purposes of entitlement to supplementary benefit.
§ Mr. LawsonI shall let the right hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Hawksleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the position of doorstep life assurance contracts entered into by persons prior to midnight on 13 March who may be considering whether or not to exercise their options to cancel the policies during the cooling-off period.