Assay (Wales) (Hansard, 19 January 1978)

§ Mr. Wigley
asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection, in view of the delays being experienced at the Assay Office in London, if he will take steps to set up a Welsh Assay Office as soon as possible.
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the Government's anti-inflation policies are reducing the rate of increase in prices as forecast.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what has been the rise in the retail price index taking 1970 as 100; and what has been the corresponding rise in the price of capital goods.

§ Mr. Maclennan
The latest information is as follows:

November 1977 (1970=100)

Retail Price Index 256.3

Capital Goods^* 282.7

^*Price index for capital expenditure on plant and machinery by manufacturing industry. Other details are given in "Price Index Numbers for Current Cost Accounting" published by the Central Statistical Office.

	November 1977 (1970=100)
Retail Price Index	256.3
Capital Goods^*	282.7
^*Price index for capital expenditure on plant and machinery by manufacturing industry. Other details are given in "Price Index Numbers for Current Cost Accounting" published by the Central Statistical Office.