§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she will show the increase which has taken place in the cost of living in each year since 1968.
§ Mr. MaclennanThe percentage monthly average increase year on year in the Retail Price Index since 1968 is as follows:
1968 4.7 1969 5.4 1970 6.4 1971 9.4 1972 7.1 1973 9.2