64. Vice-Admiral Taylorasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the index figure for food and the index figure for the cost of living would be without the food subsidy of £335,000,000.
§ The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Dalton)Without the subsidies, and 1349 assuming no change in costs, the food index figure would be about 60 per cent, and the cost of living, index figure about 55 per cent, above the prewar level.