HC Deb 03 February 1966 vol 723 c258W
29. Mrs. Shirley Williams

asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs what was the percentage increase in the first nine months of 1965 over the corresponding period of 1964 for salaries, wages, prices and profits.

Mr. George Brown

Wages and salaries had risen by 7½ per cent., company profits by 1 per cent. and the retail price index by 5 per cent.