HC Deb 08 December 1988 vol 143 c304W
60. Mrs. Maureen Hicks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the increase in the real take-home pay of a married man on average earnings with two children since 1978–79.

Mr. Norman Lamont

A married man with two children on average male earnings will have received a real increase in take-home pay of more than 29 per cent. between 1978–79 and 1988–89.

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