§ Mr. Elystan Morganasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) how the average retail price of bread in Wales compares with the average prices for the United Kingdom,
(2) what the average increase in the retail price of bread has been in Wales since 1st January, 1960; and how this compares with the average retail price increase for bread in the United Kingdom during the same period.
§ Mr. PeartThe National Food Survey, which covers all types of household in Great Britain, indicates that the average price of the large white loaf during the years 1960–67 inclusive was about 1½ per cent. higher in Wales than in Great Britain as a whole. The sample for Wales is not designed to measure these small differences in individual years.
The survey indicates that, for Great Britain as a whole, the price of the large white loaf rose by about 48 per cent. between the years 1960 and 1967.