§ Mr. Raisonasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she will give an estimate of the amount being saved by the average family per week on each item of food currently in receipt of subsidy.
§ Mr. MaclennanOn the basis of the results of the National Food Survey for the second quarter of 1974 the estimated weekly saving for a typical family of two adults and two children is as follows:
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Bread 11p Milk 48p Butter 11 ¾p Cheese 10½p Household flour 1p Tea 3¼p following items, and what is the percentage increase involved in each case: 1 lb. bacon, 1 lb. margarine, 1 lb. coffee, tin or baby milk, bar of toilet soap, leg of lamb, leg of pork, tin of canned meat, 1 dozen eggs, 10 fish fingers, 1 lb. sugar, 1 lb. potatoes, tin of baked beans, 1 lb. tomatoes, 1 lb. silverside, and 3 lb. frozen broiler chicken.
§ Mr. MaclennanThe following table shows average retail prices, as collected for the General Index of Retail Prices, on 19th February and 17th September 1974, together with the percentage changes.