HC Deb 09 May 1977 vol 931 c375W
Mr. Roper

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what, from international sources available to him, was the price to the consumer in £ sterling of the following basic foods: (a) a pound of bread, (b) half a pound of butter, (c) a kilo of sugar and (d) a pound of pork chops in the United Kingdom, Norway,

White Bread £ per 1 lb. Butter £ per ½ lb. Sugar £ per 1 kg. Pork Chops £ per 1 lb.
United Kingdom (London) … 0.12 0.28 0.26 0.82
France (Paris) … 0.40 0.42 0.30 1.12*
West Germany (Bonn) … 0.17 0.44 0.39 1.50
U.S.A. (Washington) … 0.30 0.38 0.30 1.20
Australia (Canberra) … 0.22 0.25 0.20 0.96
* This figure relates to February, and has been obtained from "Bulletin mensuel de statistique" for March 1977.