§ Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Food for a list of food price increase, on average, both rationed and non-rationed goods, since 1946 to the latest stated date.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeThe following list shows the approximate percentage increases in the retail prices of the main rationed and unrationed foods between January, 1946, and January, 1952:
Percentage Increase Carcase meat … … 54 Bacon … … 71 Butter … … 50 Margarine … … 56 Cooking fat … … 67 Cheese (rationed) … … 85 Tea … … 22 Sugar … … 50 Milk (full price) … … 33 Eggs … … 125 Bread … … 52 Flour … … 32 Fish— Cod cuts … … 56 Herring … … 70 Fruit and Vegetables— Cabbage … … 15 Carrots … … 47 Oranges … … 32 Potatoes … … 71