§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, taking 1960 as the base year, if he will give an index to the price rises in commodities imported from abroad for each succeeding year to the latest date for which figures are available and compare the rise in commodity prices with the advance in prices for manufactured goods exported abroad.
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§ Sir G. HoweThe information is not calculated in this form but unit value index numbers based on the year 1961 are given on page 559 of the 13th September 1973 issue of Trade and Industry. Revised figures based on 1970 have been published for 1963 onwards in Trade and Industry of 11th October 1973.