§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection when she will publish the list of items covered by the selective price restraint scheme.
§ Mrs. Shirley Williams,pursuant to her reply [Official Report, 10th February 1976; Vol. 905, c. 155], gave the following information:
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§ Summary of United Kingdom Produced Goods and Services Included in the Selective Price Restraint Scheme.
§ Food and Drink
- Standard Bread (Great Britain only).
- Liquid milk.
- Granulated sugar (2 lb. or 1 kilo bag).
- Frozen peas.
- Many biscuits.
- Sweets and chocolates*.
- Tea (in packets).
- Cornflakes and some other breakfast cereals.
- Blackcurrant health drinks.
- Beer, including stout and lager*.
- Cider.
§ Clothing, Footwear and Textiles
§ Lines of clothing including:
- Women's and girls' dresses, blouses, coats, suits, slacks, skirts.
- Men's and boys' jackets, trousers, suits, shirts.
- Infants' and children's coats, dresses, trousers, romper-suits.
- Knitwear.
§ Some lines of adults' and children's footwear.
§ Lines of textiles including:
- Curtain materials.
- Clothing materials.
- Sheets.
- Towels.
§ Furniture
- Most domestic furniture.
- Most beds and mattresses.
§ Toiletries
- All household soap.
- Smaller sizes of:
- Toilet soap.
- Toothpaste and other domestic toiletries.
- Some razor packs and blades.
- A wide range of proprietary medicines.
- Women's sanitary protection (tampons).
§ Domestic Appliances
- A wide range of cookers, washing machines, dryers, irons, vacuum cleaners, kettles, electric blankets, refrigerators, freezers.
- Domestic sewing machines.
§ Fuel
- Domestic Gas Tariffs (Great Britain only).
- Central heating oil.
- Paraffin.
§ Do-It-Yourself
- Paint and varnish.
- Wallpapers (not vinyls).
- A range of tools, electric and manual.
§ Tobacco
- Cigarettes*.
- Most pipe and hand-rolling tobacco*.
§ Out-of-Doors and Leisure
- A range of garden tools, electric and manual.
- Cheaper cameras and most films.
- A wide range of prams and push chairs.
- Many toys and games.
- Budget-priced long-playing records.
- Many car batteries.
- Some bicycles.
§ Other Goods
- Electric light bulbs (60 watt).
- A range of stationery and kitchen paper products.
- Matches.
- Heat resistant glass ovenware.
- Most popular weekly magazines, Scottish weekly newspapers and some monthly magazines.
- Most books in publishers' stocks.
§ Services
- Inland letter post up to 100 g.
- Telephones and telegrams.
- Laundering and dry-cleaning of children's clothes.
- Cinema charges for children's matinees and concessionary prices for pensioners.
§ * Weighted average basis for the category as a whole.