§ Mr. Prescottasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the yearly increase in the price of fish in the retail and wholesale price indices in the last 10 years; and what has been the total amount of fish from Icelandic waters landed by British vessels in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Anthony StodartNo wholesale price index is available. The fish sub-index of the General Index of Retail Prices, which covers fresh and processed, including imported canned, fish, is shown in the following table for mid-May in each year, together with the percentage increase on the sub-index for the previous May:
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Sub-index Percentage increase 1963 101 — 1964 105 4.0 1965 110 4.8 1966 115 4.5 1967 119 3.5 1968 121 1.7 1969 129 6.6 1970 148 14.7 1971 165 11.5 1972 191 15.8 1973 240 25.7 The following are the weights of catches by British vessels in the Iceland region landed in the United Kingdom:—
'000 cwt. 1963 3,587 1964 3,539 1965 3,751 1966 2,832 1967 3,097 1968 2,612 1969 2,245 1970 2,736 1971 3,494 1972 3,072