§ 1. Mr. Boyd-Carpenterasked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs if he will make a statement on the National Board for Prices and Incomes' Report on the rates of mortgage interest chargeable by building societies.
§ The First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Mr. Michael Stewart)I have not yet received the Board's Report.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterMay I first welcome the right hon. Gentleman, my old senior officer at the Oxford Union, in his new office? Is he aware that the Leader of the House told us that this Report would be available in the middle of October and that the building societies were induced to hold their hand until then? When will this Report be available?
§ Mr. StewartIt should be ready quite shortly.