§ Mr. Beaneyasked the Minister of Labour whether further study has now been completed, following the conclusion in paragraph 24 of the Cost of Living Advisory Committee's Report on Revision of the Index of Retail Prices, Command Paper No. 1657, published in March 1963, that the treatment of owner-occupiers' housing costs is necessarily complicated and needs further study; and what conclusions have been arrived at.
§ Mr. GodberThe further study referred to in the Committee's Report has not yet been completed.
§ Mr. Beaneyasked the Minister of Labour whether he will break down the sub-group of the Transport and Vehicles group in the Retail Price Index, entitled 89W Motoring and Cycling, which showed in March 1964 a decrease in price of 3 per cent. since January 1962, in order to show the percentage rise or fall since January 1962 of the individual items, namely, purchase of motor vehicles, maintenance of motor vehicles, petrol and oil, motor licences, motor insurance, cycles and other vehicles.
§ Mr. GodberFor the reasons given in paragraph 84 of the Cost of Living Advisory Committee's Report (Command 3481), it is not the practice to publish figures of changes in prices of individual items included in the Index of Retail Prices.