HC Deb 20 July 1989 vol 157 cc256-7W
Mrs. Gorman

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will show, using 100 as the base, the increase in the retail price index in each European Community country from May 1979 to the most recent date for which figures are available.

Mr. Lilley

The information is as follows:

Published Consumer Price Indices of the European Community Countries (May 1979 = 100)l
EC Country Index
Germany 134
France 205
United Kingdom 211
Italy 293
Spain 267
Netherlands 133
Belgium 161
Portugal 496
Greece 588
Denmark 198
Ireland 241
Luxembourg 158
1Figures are for June 1989 for the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands; May for France and Belgium; February for Ireland and April for the other European Community countries.