§ 99. Mr. N. Macphersonasked the Minister of Food whether he will issue a White Paper showing the maximum retail prices of controlled foods at this time of year in 1942 and subsequent years, together with a comparison with the average retail prices for the same foods before the war.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe prices of most of the foods in the present cost-of-living index for the years 1942–47 and for some pre-war years can be obtained from the relevant volumes of the Ministry of Labour Gazette. In the case of non-index foods, now subject to price control, information on pre-war retail prices is not sufficiently accurate and extensive to justify publication.