§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether and to what extent he expects the retail price index and cost of living to rise as a result of the proposed and actual increases in bread, biscuits, beer and rail fares.
§ Mr. MaclennanActual rises in rail fares in January 1978 increased the RPI by about one-twelfth of 1 per cent. At this stage, no precise estimate of the eventual effect on the RPI of proposed increases for beer, bread and biscuits is available.