§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what, based on the index of retail prices, is the current purchasing power of the £ sterling, taking it as 100p on 4 May 1979.
§ Sir Geoffrey HoweTaking the internal purchasing power of the pound sterling as 100p in May 1979, its value in May 1980, the latest period for which information is available, was 82p.