HC Deb 23 January 1968 vol 757 c62W
42. Mr. Dodds-Parker

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much the cost of living has increased in the first two months since devaluation.

Mr. Harold Lever

The increase in the cost of living, as measured by the Index of Retail Prices, between mid-November and mid-December, 1967, the latest date available, was about 0.7 per cent.