§ Mr. W. THORNEasked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that no retail prices of food commodities are printed in the July "Labour Gazette" for 1914 with the exception of bread; and will he include information making it possible for the wage-earners and others to compare the retail food prices for July, 1914, and July, 1923?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe average retail prices of food in July, 1914, as used for the cost of living statistics, have been printed in every month's issue of the "Labour Gazette" since April, 1919. In the present month's issue they appear on page 243.