§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish a table showing the percentage price increases in the following commodities, cumulatively at the end of April and at the end of October from April 1977 to October 1980: bricks and steel.
§ Mr. Michael MarshallCumulative percentage price increases from April 1977 are shown in the following table. The available price data relate to monthly averages.
Common, facing and engineering bricks Steel October 1977 9.1 5.8 April 1978 13.4 9.3 October 1978 23.8 12.8 April 1979 26.5 17.5 October 1979 45.7 26.4 April 1980 66.4 29.6 October 1980 82.9 30.7