HC Deb 01 July 1976 vol 914 c273W
Sir Nigel Fisher

asked the Secretary of State for Employment by how much increases in wage rates have exceeded price rises in the last two years.

Mr. Golding

Between May 1974 and May 1976 the index of basic weekly wage rates of all manual workers in the United Kingdom increased by 59.3 per cent. Over the same period the general index of retail prices increased by 44.2 per cent.

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