§ Mr. Lewisasked the hon. Member for Woolwich, West, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, whether he will arrange to publish in HANSARD a selection of the menus in the House of Commons Members' Dining Room showing the rise in prices of the various items during the last four years.
§ Sir W. StewardThe following is the information. It is taken from the menus on 19th February in each year:
— 1953 1954 1955 1956 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Table d'Hote lunch 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 0 Table d'Hote dinner 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 0 Thick or clear soup 9 9 9 9 Fried cod and chips 1 10 1 9 1 9 2 0 Roast beef 2 6 2 9 3 0 3 6 Roast lamb 2 6 2 9 3 3 3 6 Roast chicken leg 4 6 4 6 4 6 5 0 Roast chicken wing 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 0 Roast turkey 5 6 5 6 5 6 6 0 Ice cream 6 6 6 6 Apple tart 6 8 8 9