§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what, based on the index of retail prices, is the purchasing power of the £ sterling today taking it as 100p on 3 May.
§ Sir Geoffrey Howe[pursuant to his reply, 20 November 1979]: Based on the general index of retail prices and taking the value of the £ sterling as 100p in May 1979, its value in October 1979 was 92p.