HC Deb 26 February 1998 vol 307 cc357-8W
Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when and in what form, he will publish the report from the Taylor Task Force on Tax and Benefits. [29473]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 23 February 1998]: The work of Martin Taylor's taskforce will inform the Budget at which point a decision about the publication of the report will be made.

Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a list of the written representations received by the Taylor Task Force on Tax and Benefits. [29475]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 23 February 1998]: There are no plans at present to do so.

Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the special interest groups which submitted papers to the Taylor Task Force on Tax and Benefits. [29469]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 23 February 1998]: Martin Taylor has received representations from a range of groups.

Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the membership of the Taylor Task Force on Tax and Benefits; and on how many occasions each official member of the Task Force attended meetings of the Task Force. [29470]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 23 February 1998]: Martin Taylor chairs a Task Force, on which the Treasury, Inland Revenue, the Department of Social Security and Department for Education and Employment are represented by senior officials. It is not the usual practice to name individual officials.

Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list each meeting the Taylor Task Force on Tax and Benefits had with representatives of non-government organisations and companies. [29471]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 23 February 1998]: The Taylor Task Force has met a number of non-government organisations and companies.

Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list each paper commissioned by the Taylor Task Force on Tax and Benefits from(a) inside and (b) outside government; and if he will place copies of those papers in the Library. [29472]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 23 February 1998]: The Taylor Task Force has commissioned a number of papers on a variety of subjects during its consideration of the tax and benefit system.