HC Deb 27 January 1989 vol 145 c784W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which categories of individuals and families are paying a higher real level of total taxation now than in 1979.

Mr. Norman Lamont

People with the same level of real income as in 1978–79 will pay a lower proportion of their income in tax than in 1978–79 at all levels of income arid for all household types for which estimates can be made.