HC Deb 02 May 1977 vol 931 c55W
Mr. Tebbit

asked the Prime Minister if, pursuant to his reply of 27th April to the hon. Member for Chingford concerning countries which have had a higher rate of inflation than the United Kingdom since 8th March 1974, he will now rearrange the table published in his reply so as to show the cumulative increase of prices in each country to the latest common date for which figures are available.

The Prime Minister

The information requested is given in the table below:

Cumulative increase in consumer prices March 1974–November 1976
per cent.
United Kingdom 61.5
Iceland 165.9
Ireland 61.5
Italy 56.5
Portugal 57.2
Spain 54.6
Yugoslavia 54.6