HC Deb 13 July 1979 vol 970 c309W
Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what percentage he estimates the buying power of the £ sterling will have diminished by the end of the six-month period commencing on 5 May.

Mr. Lawson,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 11 July 1979; Vol. 970 c. 220], gave the following answer:

The inflation forecast made recently in the context of the uprating of social