§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether, taking 1964 as 100, she will publish a table of figures giving the annual percentage rise and fall in retail prices since that date in Great Britain, the United States of America, Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland, from information available to her from international sources.
§ Mr. HattersleyThe following information has been obtained from the May, 1968, issue of the O.E.C.D. publicatiton "Main Economic Indicators".
PERCENTAGE INCREASES IN ANNUAL AVERAGES OF MONTHLY CONSUMER PRICE INDICES, 1964 TO 1967 Per cent. 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 United Kingdom 4.7 3.9 2.5 U.S.A. 1.7 2.9 2.8 Federal Republic of Germany 3.4 3.5 1.5 France 2.5 2.7 2.7 Italy 4.5 2.3 3.2 Switzerland 3.4 4.8 3.9 Owing to differences in concept, scope, methodology and presentation it cannot be assumed that figures for different countries are comparable.