§ Mr. MARKHAMasked the Minister of Labour whether he has any progress to report in his investigations of the methods of computing the cost-of-living figures?
§ Mr. E. BROWNThe methods to be adopted in the collection of information as to the present-day distribution of working-class family expenditure, required for the purpose of a revision of the basis of the cost-of-living index number,2268W are now under consideration by the committee which I recently appointed to advise on this subject.