Prime Minister's question asked in the House of Commons, by Brian Jenkins (Labour). It was answered on Wednesday, 3 February 2010 on behalf of the Prime Minister.
Engagements
- Question
- My right hon. Friend is only too aware that we have, regrettably, too many war widows, to whom this country owes a great deal. Will he promise, in any Administration that he runs, to stop any suggestion to make those people relatively worse off, via the tax system, because they are not married?
- Answer
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There should be no discrimination against widows and no discrimination against those who have been abandoned by their partners. That is why we have a system of individual taxation and special allowances for widows. I would hesitate to say that the proposal for a married couple's or married man's allowance would be fair to widows or to people who had been abandoned by their partners.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 505 c301-2
- Session
- 2009-10
- Oral question type
- 1st Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Married people Tax allowances
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- View this Prime Minister's question on www.publications.parliament.uk
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