HC Deb 12 May 1988 vol 133 cc207-8W
15. Mr. Dickens

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage increase in real take-home pay for a married man on half average earnings with two children(a) from 1973–74 to 1978–79 and (b) from 1978–79 to 1988–89.

26. Mr. Wood

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage increase in real take-home pay for a married man on half average earnings with two children(a) from 1973–74 to 1978–79 and (b) from 1978–79 to 1988–89.

55. Mr. Heddle

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage increase in real take-home pay for a married man on half average earnings with two children(a) from 1973–74 to 1978–79 and (b) from 1978–79 to 1988–89.

70. Mr. Gerald Bowden

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the percentage increase in real take-home pay for a married man on average earnings with two children(a) from 1973–74 to 1978–79 and (b) from 1978–79 to 1988–89.

Mr. Norman Lamont

His real take-home pay is expected to have risen by 21½ per cent. since 1978–79 compared with just over 4 per cent. between 1973–74 and 1978–79.