§ Mr. J. E. B. Hillasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will supply average value indices for imported food, exclusive of beverages and tobacco, for each of the years 1951 to 1957 and the first six months of 1958, using 1954 as base year.
§ Sir D. EcclesThe following are the figures:
AVERAGE VALUE INDICES OF UNITED KINGDOM IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS* 1954=100 Year Index No. 1951 … … 96 1952 … … 100 1953 … … 97 1954 … … 100 1955 … … 102 1956 … … 100 1957 … … 99 1958(January-June) … … 93 * Class A (exclusive of beverages and tobacco) in the "Accounts Relating to the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom."