§ Mr. Collinsasked the President of the Board of Trade the average retail prices as at 30th June, or nearest convenient date, for comparable articles of clothing in the years 1918 to 1925, inclusive, and in the years 1945 and 1946.
§ Sir S. Cripps:Taking July, 1914, as 100, the figures for the clothing component of the Cost-of-Living Index on
141W1st July for each of the years mentioned are as follow: 1918, 320; 1919, 360; 1920, 425; 1921, 290; 1922, 240; 1923, 220; 1924, 225; 1925, 230; 1945, 347;½ 1946, 345 (1st June). The clothing component of the Index covers cloth as well as clothing. It is not possible to give comparable prices for individual items of clothing.