1.   But the speaker is in a position to do something about lower taxation rates.

2.   However backbench calls for lower taxation ring through the corridors at Westminster despite an admission by Major that the British public deficit is already too high.

3.   Britain will see lower taxation once the economic fundamentals have improved, Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke said Wednesday, although he declined to be more specific.

4.   The opposition Conservative Party, which traditionally favours lower taxation, says that pumping more money into healthcare is not the solution.