§ Mr. Batisteasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will make it his practice to compile statistical records of business start-ups based upon income tax and corporation tax returns rather than value added tax returns; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. TrippierI shall have to consult the appropriate authorities, the Inland Revenue, about the practicability of my hon. Friend's suggestion and will write to him in due course.