COST-OF-LIVING INDEX FIGURE.

HC Deb 12 March 1931 vol 249 c1361

12. Mr. D. G. SOMERVILLE

asked the Minister of Labour which of the articles used in compiling the cost-of-living index are down to pre-War level?

Miss BONDFIELD

The only article included in the compilation of the cost-of-living index number of which retail prices are, on average, at pre-War level is margarine.