HC Deb 01 August 1972 vol 842 c61W
35. Mr. William Price

asked the Secretary of State for Employment by what percentage beer prices have increased during the past two years to the latest available date.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

13.8 per cent. in the two years to April, 1972, compared with a 16–3 increase in the retail price index for all items over the same period.