§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Prime Minister, pursuant to her reply to the hon. Member for South Ayrshire on 11 December 1980, Official Report c. 723, and the replies of the right hon. Member for Oswestry (Mr. Biffen), 2 December 1980, c. 144 and 16 December 1980, c. 150, whether she has made any changes in the ministerial responsibilities in connection with the monitoring of price increases.
§ The Prime MinisterCertain prices are available from the information the Department of Employment collects in order to compile the retail prices index, but they are not used by the Government to monitor individual price increases. I have made no recent change in ministerial responsibilities in this respect.