§ Mr. de Freitasasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring up to date the table published on 4th May, 1956, showing how the internal purchasing value of the £sterling has varied month by month, taking the value in October, 1951, as 20 shillings.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanThe figure for April, 1956, based on the Ministry of Labour's Index of Retail Prices, is 16s. 4d.