HC Deb 17 December 1979 vol 976 cc43-4W
47. Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what was the rate of increase or decrease in commodity prices for each of the past six years.

Mr. David Mitchell

The price of materials purchased by the United Kingdom manufacturing industry has risen at the following rates in the six years from 1974:

+48½ per cent.
+13¼ per cent.
+28¼ per cent.
+14¼ per cent.
-2 per cent.

The rate of increase from November 1978 to November 1979 was 20¾per cent.

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