§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish a table showing the real increase in (i) house prices and (ii) average earnings in the United Kingdom: and in each of the six founder members of the EC between 1961 and 1973; 1973 and 1987 and 1987 to date: and if he will include an estimate of the amount of consumer debt in each case divided between housing and other goods and services.
§ Mr. MaplesData for real average earnings growth are published by the OECD in "Historical Statistics 1960–1990". There is no central source of regularly collected data for house prices, or for consumer debt divided between housing and other goods and services.