Child Benefit

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 May 1999.

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Photo of Gordon Brown Gordon Brown The Chancellor of the Exchequer 12:00, 13 May 1999

I hope that the hon. Lady will understand these facts. First, child benefit goes to the mother. She seems to have misunderstood that. Secondly, the working families tax credit means an overall increase in family income amounting in some cases to £40 or £50 a week. Thirdly, our proposals for the working families tax credit, backed up by child benefit, are far superior to those now floated by the shadow Chancellor and the leader of the Conservative party for a transferable tax allowance that would give a millionaire £1,734 as a result of tax relief and, in some cases, would give nothing to the lowest-paid in the country.