§ 81. Mr. ANNESLEY SOMERVILLEasked the Minister of Labour whether she will now issue an explanation giving details of all the factors and prices upon which the Ministry of Labour bases its cost-of-living index figure, so that suggestions for a more appropriate basis and method of calculation, which she invited, may be lodged with the Ministry for the purpose of bringing the cost-of-living index figure into closer harmony with realities?
§ Mr. LAWSONThe scope and method of compilation of the index figures were fully explained in articles published in the "Ministry of Labour Gazette" for February, 1921, and July, 1923, and I am arranging to have these articles brought up to date and issued as a Stationery Office publication.