§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to publish estimates of the total amounts of(a) income tax, (b) VAT, (c) national insurance contributions, (d) other indirect taxes and (e) local taxes currently paid by typical families at varying multiples of average earnings in the format used on 3 December 1981, Official Report, column 188; and if he will make a statement. [78055]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 22 March 1999]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (Mr. Gibb) on 16 April 1999, Official Report, columns 387–90.