HC Deb 27 November 1972 vol 847 cc26-7W
Mrs. Doris Fisher

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will consider preparation of a cost of living index specially geared to the needs of retirement pensioners.

Mr. Chichester-Clark

My Department already compiles and publishes at quarterly intervals retail prices indices (excluding housing costs) for one-person and two-person pensioner households in which the major source of household income is a national insurance retirement pension.