§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring up to the latest available date the index of real take-home pay of the average industrial worker given in his reply to the hon. Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury (Mr. Ridley) on 22nd July 1977, Official Report, c. 775–8; and what he estimates the index will be in 1978–79 assuming the forecasts in the most recent Financial Statement and Budget Report, on the same basis as the estimates given in his reply to the hon. Member for St. 744W Marylebone (Mr. Baker) on 11th May 1978.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.