§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the price of butter now; and how this figure compares with June 1970.
§ Mrs. FennerThe Department of Employment's General Index of Retail Prices shows average retail prices of New Zealand and Danish butter were 16.8p and 20.0p per lb respectively in June 1970, and 22.4p and 25.lp per lb on 20th March this year, the latest date for which figures are available. Prices of home-produced butter were not collected for the purpose of the index until 1973; on 20th March, the average was 24.0p per lb.
§ Mr. Hugh Jenkinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, what has been the precentage increase in food prices since June 1970.
§ Mrs. FennerI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon Members for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) and for Rugby (Mr. William Price) on 10th May.—[Vol. 856, c.149.]