Mr. DUNDAS WHITEasked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give figures showing in tabular form the fluctuations in value of the sovereign during the last eighteen years, as measured by its capacity to purchase the principal articles of food, in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Germany, respectively?
Mr. BUXTONThe statement asked for by my hon. Friend cannot be given in strictly comparable form. I may say, 831W however, that such statistics as are available with regard to the movement of prices in foreign countries are now being examined in connection with the forthcoming Report on Cost of Living, and it is hoped to include in that Report a good deal of information on the subject, with all the explanations and qualifications which are so essential when the statistics of different countries are compared.