HC Deb 08 July 1988 vol 136 c755W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the current rate of inflation in house prices.

Mr. Lilley

Department of the Environment estimates show that the prices of dwellings purchased in the United Kingdom with building society loans rose on average by 21 per cent. between the first quarter of 1987 and the first quarter of 1988.