HC Deb 15 February 1988 vol 127 cc419-20W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received seeking a substantial paid to United Kingdom residents, (b) the total number of directions made, (c) the total chargeable profits apportioned and assessed under those directions, excluding those under appeal, and (d) the number of individual controlled foreign companies and individual groups involved in (i) pursuing acceptable distribution policies and (ii) having directions made on them, including those under appeal.

Mr. Norman Lamont

The additional income brought into charge as a result of the controlled foreign companies legislation introduced in the Finance Act 1984 is as follows:

increase in tobacco tax in the 1988 Budget, in the light of continuing evidence by bodies including the Royal College of Physicians of the dangers to health posed by smoking.

Mr. Lilley

My right hon. Friend has received a number of such representations.