13. Major NEWMANasked the President of the Board of Trade what is the percentage of the increased cost of a suit of workman's clothes and of a pair of workman's boots, comparing current with pre-war prices, due to the rise in wool, leather, and other raw material, and to the advance in wages, respectively?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANInquiry is being made, but the hon. and gallant Member will no doubt recognise the extreme difficulties of arriving at any close estimate.
§ Mr. ALFRED DAVIES (Clitheroe)Will the hon. Gentleman include profits in addition to wages and the increased cost of material?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANIt would be necessary to include that in order to arrive at any conclusion at all.
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI cannot give any date.