Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 March 1973.

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Photo of Mr Denis Healey Mr Denis Healey , Leeds East 12:00, 12 March 1973

Will the hon. Gentleman address himself to my point? With great respect, he has not denied the fact that this extra tax which the man is paying is tax which, if he had been an ordinary wage earner, he would have paid last year. This is money owed to the Exchequer. Alone among the British population, the surtax payer is being allowed by the present Government to pay up to four years late without paying interest on the loan being made by the Exchequer.