§ Mr. Gregor MacKenzieasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the real spending value of the £ sterling, using 1964 as a base, giving figures for each year to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. Bruce-GardyneTaking the internal purchasing power of the pound sterling as 100p in September 1964 its value in the September of each subsequent year is given in the following table:
September of each year pence 1964 100 1965 95 1966 92 1967 91 1968 86 1969 82 1970 76 1971 69 1972 65 1973 59 1974 51 1975 40 1976 35 1977 30 1978 28 1979 24 1980 21 1981 19