asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give a table of figures showing what a £16·50 per day tax-free allowance to be paid to Members of the House of Lords would be worth gross to a person with and without a married allowance for tax purposes who is in receipt of £1,000, £2,000, £3,000, £4,000, £5,000, £10,000, £20,000, £30,000 and £50,000 per annum.

Assuming the tax rates and allowances proposed for 1977–78—including the reduction of the basic rate of income tax to 33 per cent.—the figures are as follows:

			Value before tax of £16·50 per day tax-free allowance to:
Annual income			Single person	Married man
£			£ per day	£ per day
1,000	…	…	24·63	23·89
2,000	…	…	24·63	24·63
3,000	…	…	24·63	24·63
4,000	…	…	25·34	25·01
5,000	…	…	26·95	26·18
10,000	…	…	45·84	44·07
20,000	…	…	91·43	90·12
30,000	…	…	97·06	97·06
50,000	…	…	97·06	97·06

The figures represent the gross amount per day that, at different income levels, leaves £16·50 per day after payment of tax. It has been assumed that in 1977–78 the allowance will be paid for 151 days, the same number as in 1976–77, and that after-tax income for the year is thus increased by 151 times the allowance.