§ Mr. A. Lewisasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving the annual percentage rise or fall in the £ sterling and cost of living since October, 1951, taking that date as representing 100 per cent. in both instances.
§ Mr. GreenThe information is given below. The purchasing power of the £ has been estimated from the movements in the consumers' price index. The figures for the Index of Retail Prices have been obtained by linking series with different weighting systems and different base dates and the movements over the whole period are therefore only approximate.
— Purchasing power of £ Index of Retail prices 1951 (October) 100 100 1952 98 106 1953 96 109 1954 94 111 1955 91 116 1956 87 122 1957 84 126 1958 82 130 1959 82 131 1960 81 132 1961 79 136 1962 76 142 1963 75 145