§ Mr. Giles Shawasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what is his policy on the current price of tea and coffee.
§ Mr. MaclennanThe prices of tea and, still more, coffee have increased sharply as a result of reductions in world supplies, together with the fall in the value of sterling. My department is continuing to monitor tea prices following the removal of the consumer subsidy on 26th September 1976. My right hon. Friend referred the subject of coffee to the Price Commission on 16th December 1976.