§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what monitoring of the human rights situation in Liberia is undertaken by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydAlthough Britain has no resident diplomatic representation in Liberia, we continue to monitor human rights through contacts with relief agencies
Number of taxpayers benefiting and change in tax revenue resulting from abolition of rates in excess of 40 per cent. (£ millions) 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 Region of residence Numbers Amount Numbers Amount Numbers2 Amount Numbers2 Amount North 20 50 20 50 30 50 30 50 Yorkshire and Humberside 50 100 60 150 80 200 70 200 North West 60 150 80 250 90 250 90 350 East Midlands 40 100 60 150 60 150 60 200 West Midlands 60 150 60 150 80 250 70 250 East Anglia 30 100 30 100 50 150 40 150 South East 490 1,600 530 1,800 630 2,150 630 2,550 South West 70 200 60 300 80 250 90 250 Wales 20 50 30 100 30 50 30 50 Scotland 50 100 70 100 80 150 80 200 Northern Ireland 10 —3 10 50 20 50 20 50 United Kingdom1 930 2,600 1,030 3,200 1,240 3,700 1,210 4,300 1Includes members of the forces and merchant navy and a small number of civil servants servants serving overseas who are not all allocated to regions. 2For 1990–91 onwards the figures relate to the number of taxpaying individuals following the introduction of independent taxation. 3Under £25 million.
§ Mrs. Anne CampbellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many extra pence in the pound on the standard rate of income tax would be required in 1994–95 to replace, and raise a sum equivalent to, the total effect of the changes in taxation and spending announced in the March and November Budgets this year.
966Wand the UN. We lent our full support to the UN investigation into the massacre at Harbel in June. We hope that the efforts of the UN and the Economic Community of West African States to restore peace to Liberia will lead to a general improvement in the human rights situation in the country.