Negative Income Tax

HC Deb 15 June 1993 vol 226 cc483-4W

Sir Thomas Arnold

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now review the case for the introduction of a negative income tax.

Mr. Dorrell

We have no plans to introduce a negative income tax. The reforms of the social security system in the 1980s improved the interaction between tax and benefit systems. We keep both systems under review.