§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the minimum lending rate in Great Britain quarter by quarter in 1978 and 1979 and its equivalent in West Germany, France, Japan, the United States of America and the Netherlands.
§ Mr. LawsonFollowing is the information:
no plans for changing the basis on which the retail prices index is calculated. The question of what supplementary statistics, in addition to the RPI, can be made available is under active consideration; the Government will set out their proposals in due course.