§ 101. Captain Pilkingtonasked the Minister of Labour what has been the percentage increase since 1951 of the cost of living and industrial earnings.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodAverage weekly earnings of manual wage-earners in the last pay-week of October, 1955, in the industries covered by my Department's half-yearly inquiries were 33 per cent. greater than in October 1951. Over the same period the Interim Index of Retail Prices rose by 18 per cent.