HC Deb 02 April 1925 vol 182 cc1531-2W
Mr. JAMES HUDSON

asked the President of the Board of Trade the retail prices of sugar and tea in each of the following months: November, 1923; December, 1923; January, 1924; February, 1924; March, 1924, and April, 1924?

Sir A. STEEL-MAITLAND

I have been asked to reply. The averages of the retail prices of sugar and tea, as shown by the monthly returns collected by the Ministry of Labour, were as given below. The returns collected are obtained from shopkeepers engaged largely in supplying working-class customers:

Date. Granulated Sugar. Tea.
Per lb. Per lb.
d. s. d.
1st November, 1923 2
1st December, 1923 2
1st January, 1924 2
1st February, 1924 7 2
1st March, 1924 2
1st April, 1924 2
1st May, 1924 2