§ Mr. Higginsasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the retail price index in the latest month for which figures are available; and what the corresponding figure would have been if tobacco and cigarettes had been excluded.
§ Mr. Jim LesterThe retail price index for March is 252.2—with January 1974 as 100. An index exclusive of cigarettes and tobacco would have been 251.1 (January 1974=100).