§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in the Official Report index numbers for the following items using March 1974 as a base of 100 and giving index numbers up to April 1979: electricity, gas, domestic coal, finished steel, second-class postage, rail fares, bus fares and a local telephone call.
§ Mrs. Sally OppenheimThe information is as follows:
Price Index Numbers for Certain Goods and Services of the Nationalised Industries and for Bus Fares Retail prices * April 1979 (March 1974=100) Electricity 268 Gas 170 Domestic Coal 252 Postage—Second Class letter 233 Telephone—Private Subscriber local call 300 Fares 254 of which, rail 272 road 248 Wholesale Prices† Finished Steel 243 Sources: * General Index of Retail Prices (Department of Employment). †Wholesale Price Index (Department of Industry).