§ 44. Mr. Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the fact that since 1951 there has been a 14 per cent. reduction in the price of British imports, an increase of 9 per cent. in the price of British exports, an increase of 25 per cent. in the consumer price index, and a reduction of 20 per cent. in the purchasing value of the £ sterling, whether, using July, 1945, as 100, he will give the annual rise and fall in the price of British imports and exports, the consumer price index, and the purchasing value of the £ sterling, up to and including October, 1951.
Mr. AmoryThe following is the Answer:
would put a burden on the Corporation of less than one-twentieth of a penny rate.