Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 29 November 1973.
Dennis Skinner
, Bolsover
12:00,
29 November 1973
If the Prime Minister decides to make a further ministerial broadcast in the near future on the energy crisis, will he explain to the nation, and in particular to the miners, since he failed to do this yesterday, why company directors can take up shares in lieu of dividends to avoid paying surtax at a possible rate of 90 per cent. and avoid capital gains tax to some degree, while an ordinary surface worker at a colliery can have only £2·30 a week, less tax, which probably comes to about £1·50?