§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in theOfficial Report the months since May 1979 in which average building society mortgage rates were below 10 per cent.; what has been the average charged in the previous two decades; and if he will consider imposing an upper limit to mortgage interest relief if and when the average rate falls below 10 per cent. to reduce the amount of relief by one-fifth for each half per cent. fall in the rate of interest.
§ Mr. Norman LamontNo.