§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 5 May 1998,Official Report, columns 331–34, if he will make it his policy to continue to publish the updated series for the tax burden until a new methodolgy for updating the tax burden can be introduced; by what date he expects to introduce improved statistics for the tax burden; and if he will make a statement. [42148]
§ Mr. LilleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what action officials in his Department are taking to make information on the burden of indirect taxes on household types more meaningful and reliable; [43986]
(2) when he expects to publish more meaningful and reliable information on the burden of indirect taxes on household types; [43979]
(3) on what date he first instructed officials in his Department to consider ways in which information on the burden of indirect tax on household types could be made more meaningful and reliable. [43984]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answers 18 May and 1 June 1998]: I have nothing to add to my answer of 5 May 1998, Official Report, columns 331–34, to the hon. Member for Gordon (Mr. Bruce).