§ Mr. de Freitasasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring up to date the table published on 19th November, 1954, showing how the internal purchasing value of the £sterling has varied month by month, taking the value in October, 1951, as 20 shillings.
§ Mr. MaudlingTaking October, 1951, as 20s. the figures for the months since October, 1954, based on the Ministry of Labour's Interim Index of Retail Prices, are as follows:
s. d. 1954 November … … 17 10 December … … 17 9 1955 January … … 17 8