§ Lord O'HAGANasked Her Majesty's Government:
Consumer Price Indices (1970=100) (per cent. change on year earlier) 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 Austria 111.3 (6.3) 119.7 (7.5) 131.1 (9.5) 142.2 (8.5) 152.6 (7.3) Finland 114 (7.5) 126 (10.5) 148 (17.5) 174 (17.6) 199 (14.4) Norway 114 (7.5) 122 (7.0) 134 (9.8) 150 (11.9) 163 (8.7) Portugal 123.9 (10.6) 139.9 (12.9) 175.0 (25.1) 201.7 (15.3) 244.4 (21.2) Spain 117.2 (8.5) 130.6 (11.4) 151.1 (15.7) 176.7 (16.9) 207.9 (17.7) Sweden 114 (6.1) 121 (6.1) 134 (10.7) 147 (9.7) 162 (10.2) Switzerland 113.7 (6.7) 123.6 (8.7) 135.7 (9.8) 144.8 (6.7) 147.3 (1.7) EEC* Average 113 (6.6) 122 (8.0) 138 (13.1) 157 (13.8) 175 (11.5) Source: OECD, Main Economic Indicators.
*The EEC figures relate throughout to the average of the nine countries comprising the expanded Market.
CONSUMER PRICE INDICES IN EEC COUNTRIES (1970–100) (per cent. change on year earlier) EEC 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 Belgium 110 (5.8) 118 (7.3) 133 (12.7) 150 (12.8) 163 (8.7) Denmark 113 (6.6) 123 (8.8) 142 (15.4) 156 (9.9) 170 (9.0) France 112 (6.7) 120 (7.1) 136 (13.3) 152 (11.8) 167 (9.9) Italy 111 (5.7) 123 (10.8) 146 (18.7) 171 (17.1) 200 (17.0) Irish Republic 118 (8.3) 132 (11.9) 154 (16.7) 186 (20.8) 220 (18.3) Luxembourg 110 (5.8) 117 (6.4) 128 (9.4) 142 (10.9) 156 (9.9) Netherlands 116 (7.4) 126 (8.6) 138 (9.5) 152 (10.1) 165 (8.6) West Germany 111 (5.7) 119 (7.2) 127 (6.7) 135 (6.3) 141 (4.4) United Kingdom 117.2 (7.1) 128.0 (9.2) 148.5 (16.1) 184.4 (24.2) 215.0 (16.5) Source: Eurostat; Economic Trends.
730WAWhat evidence is available to compare the cost of living in Austria, Finland Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, over the last five years, with the cost of living in Member States of the EEC.
Lord ORAMIndex numbers and yearly percentage increases in consumer prices over the last five years for each of these countries and for the EEC as a whole are given below.
House adjourned at sixteen minutes past four o'clock.