§ Mr. Kaufmanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what, on the basis of the index of retail prices, is the purchasing power of the £ sterling now, taking it as 100 on 3 May 1979.
§ Sir Geoffrey Howe[pursuant to his reply, 24 November 1980]: Taking the internal purchasing power of the £ sterling as 100p in May 1979, its value in October 1980, the latest period for which information is available, was 79p.