§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if he will originate an investigation into the current prices and distributors' margins for potatoes and salad vegetables; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MaclennanI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Brigg and Scunthorpe (Mr. Ellis) on 25th July 1977.—[Vol. 936, c. 3–5.]
214Wthe Government's prices and incomes policy.
§ Mr. MaclennanIndividual price increases are a matter for the Price Commission. I shall, however, bear my hon. Friend's suggestion in mind in considering subjects for examination by the Commission on my right hon. Friend's direction.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether he will publish in the Official Report as comprehensive a list as may be available of the prices of goods and services at a date in October 1974 and the latest available date; and what were the reasons for these increases in view of the success of the Government's wage control during this period.
§ Mr. MaclennanIndex numbers at October 1974 and June 1977 for each of the main groups of the retail price index and the percentage change over this period are as follows: