HC Deb 27 October 1994 vol 248 c755W
Mr. Livingstone

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the tax burden of a married couple on average earnings, with a £30,000 mortgage and two children.

Sir George Young

Real take-home pay, after tax, for this group has increased by around £83 a week since 1978–79 compared with an increase of less than £2 a week between 1973–74 and 1978–79.

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