§ Mr. Lewisasked the Minister of Food the retail prices in all the countries of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation at the end of October, 1952, or the latest convenient date, as disclosed in the Organisation's statistics, of sugar, 45W butter, margarine, lard, cheese, eggs, beef, mutton, pork, bacon, tea, coffee, bread and potatoes, showing comparisons with 1st October, 1951.
§ Major Lloyd GeorgeThe Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
RETAIL PRICES OF FOOD IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CERTAIN OTHER O.E.E.C. COUNTRIES Shillings and Pence per lb. Commodity United Kingdom France Switzerland Italy Netherlands 1951 Oct. 1952 Oct. 1951 Oct. 1952 Sept. 1951 Oct. 1952 Sept. 1951 Oct. 1952 June 1951 Oct. 1952 July s. d. s. d. s d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Bread 4 4¼ 5½ 5½ 4½ 4½ 6 6¼ 3¾ 4½ Potatoes 1¾ 2 1¾ 2¾ 3 3 2 2¾ 1½ 1½ Sugar 6 7 1 0½ 1 2 10¼ 9¼ 1 4¼ 1 4¼ 9¼ 9¼ Butter 2 6 3 0 6 7½ 7 4¾ 7 4½ 7 4½ 6 1 6 0¾ 3 9 3 9½ Margarine 1 2 1 4 3 1¾ 3 0¾ n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1 9¼ 1 6 Lard or cooking fat 1 4 1 6 3 9½ 3 4 2 6½ 2 3½ n.a. n.a. 2 2¼ 2 1¼ Cheese 1 2 2 2 5 1½ 5 10½ 3 11 4 1¼ 5 0½ 4 9¼ 2 5¼ 2 4¼ Eggs (per doz.) 5 0 5 0 5 9 5 9 6 9 6 6 5 3 3 9 5 0 4 6 Beef (rib roast) 2 0 2 4 2 8¾ 2 7½ 4 7¾ 4 8¾ 4 9½ 4 11¼ 3 3¼ 3 5 Mutton (leg) 2 4 2 10 6 6½ 7 2½ 5 4½ 5 6¾ n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Pork (chops) 2 10 3 4 4 5¾ 4 10½ 6 1¾ 6 2¼ 4 8 4 8 3 8 3 9½ Bacon (including gammon) 2 7 4 0¾ 3 7½ 3 0¼ 5 11¾ 5 11½ 3 2½ 2 8 2 10¾ 2 11 (a) (a) Tea 3 8 4 6 n.a. n.a. 11 11 12 0¼ n.a. n.a. 7 10¼ n.a. (a) (a) Coffee 4 10 6 0 8 7¼ 8 6 6 2½ 6 8½ 9 4 9 4¾ 6 6½ n.a. 46W
Commodity Austria West Germany Denmark Norway Sweden 1951 Oct. 1952 Oct. 1951 Oct. 1952 Sept. 1951 Oct. 1952 Oct. 1951 Oct. 1952 Aug. 1951 Oct. 1952 June s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Bread 5½ 5¼ 5¾ 5¾ 6¼ 6½ 6¼ 6 10½ 11½ Potatoes 1¼ 2 1½ 2 2 2 2 2¾ 2½ 3 Sugar 10 10 1 0¼ 1 0¼ 4 4 4½ 4½ 9 10½ Butter 4 3 4 3 4 10½ 5 2¾ 2 11 3 4 3 7¼ 3 7½ 4 0½ 4 2¼ Margarine 1 3½ 1 3½ 1 8 1 3½ 1 10½ 1 7½ 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 5 Lard or cooking fat 2 0 2 0 n.a. n.a. 2 3¾ 1 3¾ 1 2½ 1 3 n.a. 1 11½ Cheese 3 2¼ 3 2¼ n.a. n.a. 2 5½ 2 7¾ 1 9¼ 2 2½ 2 1½ 2 7½ Eggs (per doz.) 4 6 4 3 5 6 5 3 4 3 4 6 n.a. n.a. 2 9¾ 2 6¼ Beef (rib roast) 2 6 2 8¾ 3 1 3 3½ 2 7½ 2 9½ 3 0¼ 4 5½ n.a. 2 6¾ Mutton (leg) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 3 1 3 6 3 8¾ 4 4 Pork (chops) 2 6 3 7¼ 3 10¼ 3 10 2 9½ 3 3 3 4½ 3 9¼ 3 10½ 4 7 Bacon (including gammon) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 3 5¾ 3 9½ n.a. 5 6¼ Tea 14 11½ 14 11½ n.a. n.a. 10 0½ 10 0½ 13 0 13 3¼ n.a. n.a. Coffee 7 5¾ 11 10 25 1¼ 24 10½ 6 11¾ 6 11¾ 3 10½ 3 10½ 7 3¼ 7 8 (a) Estimated. n.a.—Not available. does not publish statistics of the retail prices of food in member countries. The attached table gives such of the information as is available from other sources, though the dates are not in all cases comparable.