asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Maryhill on 21 April, if he will show separately the increases for personal taxation and local rates over the same period of the last three years.

Using the same definitions and conventions as those employed in the reply to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Maryhill (Mr. Craigen) on 21 April, the information is as follows: