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Mr. Richard Wainwright
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated current loss of tax revenue resulting from the extra-statutory concession on the taxation of coal miners' free coal.
Mr. Peter Rees
[pursuant to his reply, 24 March 1980, c. 453]: On the information available the tax revenue foregone in 1979–80 is estimated to be of the order of £20 million.