§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing how many names were excluded from the 190,000 households referred to in the footnote to his answer of 29 July 1988, Official Report, columns 729–30, concerning households kept out of higher rate tax by wife's earnings exemption, and the distribution of the 190,000 plus any excluded wives on the same basis as in the table; and if he will provide an estimate of the saving to the revenue if (i) mortgage interest and (ii) other allowances were not deducted from total income in assessing liability to higher rate tax.
§ Mr. LilleyThe estimates requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.