§ Mr. Harry EwingTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the overall tax burden, including all direct and indirect taxes and treating child benefit as negative income tax, for a one-earner family on average earnings in 1989–90 with two children; and what he estimates it will be in 1990–91.
§ Mr. LilleyAbout one third of gross earnings in direct and indirect taxes and employee national insurance contributions in 1989–90, and about the same in 1990–91.