§ 25. Mr. FENBYasked the Minister of Labour whether, with the information already secured to date from the new valuation lists in the various assessment areas as to the average rent now being paid by the working classes, he can review the situation in order that the cost-of-living figure may be revised before it is next determined?
§ Sir A. STEEL-MAITLANDThe information which is becoming available locally in connection with the new valuation lists will not for some time to come be sufficiently comprehensive to justify its use for the present purpose. I am glad to have this opportunity of correcting a misapprehension as to the immediate availability of this information which may have arisen from the answer I gave the hon. Member on 13th June.