§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report a table 219W bringing up to date, and including 1977 and 1978 as base years, the information supplied on 25 February 1977 in answer to the question in Volume 926, column 744, relating to certain import prices, wage rates and earnings.
Food import prices Fuel import prices Basic materials import prices Hourly wage rates Earnings 1974 … … … 70 121 52 121 113 1975 … … … 46 92 47 70 69 1976 … … … 29 47 20 42 45 1977 … … … 9 30 1 35 31 1978 … … … 3 39 11 14 15