§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will bring up to date the information published in the Official Report on 5 December 1979 in response to a written question from the hon. Member for Grimsby concerning wages and import prices.
§ Mr. BiffenThe percentage increase in import prices, basic hourly wage rates in manufacturing industry and earnings in manufacturing to September 1980 from average 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979 values were as follows:
Food import prices Fuel import prices Basic materials import prices Hourly wage rates Earnings 1974 74 189 62 161 161 1975 51 152 57 101 107 1976 23 92 27 68 78 1977 14 70 8 60 62 1978 8 82 18 35 41 1979 5 44 8 18 22