§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated full year cost in 1987–88 and in 1988–89 of replacing the married man's tax allowance on a no-loser basis with(a) a fully transferable personal allowance and (b) a half-transferable allowance, specifying in each case the level of the allowances.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[holding answer 17 December 1987]: The information given in the table is based on projections from the 1984–85 survey of personal income and is therefore provisional.
London, are reflected in letters received from hon. Members and members of the public. In September the chief executive of the NHS Management Board met representatives of the three inner London health districts in South-East Thames region to discuss a report they had produced on recruitment and retention of nursing staff. In December, at the ministerial review of South-East Thames region, the availability of nursing and midwifery staff to enable services to be sustained and developed, and the region's proposals to maintain recruitment and improve retention, were key issues during the discussion.