§ Mr. STAVELEY-HILLasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that in the recent Report on the cost of living in the United States the comparison of food prices is between those of 1909 in the United States and 1905 in the United Kingdom; that owing to the rise-in food prices in recent years the comparison is misleading and inaccurate; and whether he will issue a Supplementary-Return showing the food prices in the United Kingdom in 1909, to permit a proper comparison being drawn between the prices of food in the two countries?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the BOARD of TRADE (Mr. Tennant)If the hon. Member will be so good as to look at page v. and pages lxiii. to lxvii. of the Report, he will see that due allowance has been made for the rise in prices between 1905 and 1909.