§ 32. Mr. David Priceasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the underlying rate of inflation in the British economy measured as an annual rate of inflation; and how this compares with the same rate one year ago.
§ Dr. GilbertThe all-items RPI figure for April 1974 showed an increase of 15.2 per cent. on the figure for April 1973. This compares with an increase between April 1972 and April 1973 of 92 per cent.