§ Mr. Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out the percentage rise in the cost of an average (a) new house, and (b) an older-type house since 1971.
§ Mr. ArmstrongThe rise in average house prices between 1971 and the first quarter of 1978 was 182 per cent. for new houses and 149 per cent. for other houses.