asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a study of the provision of fringe benefits, cars, houses, services etc. to business executives to determine whether these benefits are in line with his policy on remuneration; and if he will make a statement.

Two references which the Government made last year to the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth—the reference on higher incomes and the standing reference on the distribution of income and wealth —asked the commission to include in its analysis earned income of all kinds including fringe and non-monetary benefits.