HC Deb 07 November 1972 vol 845 cc107-8W
Mr. Stanbrook

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how much working time he estimates it took a worker earning the current national average weekly wage to earn the price of a standard loaf, a pint of milk, a dozen eggs, a suit of clothes, a refrigerator, a small car, the average rent of an unfurnished house, and the average cost of a new house, in specimen years between 1951 and 1971.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

Following are the times in minutes required to earn the price of those items for which average prices are available:

special measures to alleviate unemployment among teenagers.

Mr. Maurice Macmillan

Special measures have already been taken. Unemployment amongst young people has fallen by over 40,000 since August. I expect unemployment to continue to fall and employment opportunities to increase as a result of the various measures already taken.