§ Mr. DunnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has for the retail price index following the abolition of the community charge and its replacement by the council tax.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[pursuant to his reply, 7 February 1992, c. 256]: I announced in my answer on 7 February my intention to reconvene the Retail Prices Index Advisory Committee. The membership of the RPIAC will be as follows:
Membership of the retail prices index advisory committee 1992 Chairman
- Mr. W. P. McLennan (Director, Central Statistical Office)
Members
- Mr. J. Astin (EUROSTAT, Luxembourg)
- Mr. S. Brittan (Financial Times)
- Professor D. Currie (London Business School)
- Professor M. C. Fleming (Loughborough University)
- Mr. K. H. B. Frere (Nominated by National Federation of Consumer Groups)
- Mr. S. G. B. Henry (Bank of England)
- Mr. T. Hoyes (Nominated by Age Concern)
- Mr. J. Hughes (Nominated by National Consumer Council)
- Mr. D. Lea OBE (Nominated by the Trades Union Congress)
- Miss R. Lea (The Mitsubishi Bank Ltd.)
- Dr. R. J. Maurice
- Mr. C. Mowl (Her Majesty's Treasury)
- Professor J. F. Pickering (Portsmouth Polytechnic)
- Professor G. Rhys (Cardiff Business School)
- Mrs. B. Rosewell (Business Strategies Ltd.)
552 - Dr. P. Rowlatt (National Economic Research Associates)
- Mr. A. Sentance (Nominated by the Confederation of British Industry)
- Professor R. Turvey (London School of Economics)
- Mr. R. G. Ward (Central Statistical Office)
Secretary
- Mr. D. J. Sellwood (Central Statistical Office)
Assistant Secretary
- Mrs. M. S. Dolling (Central Statistical Office)
- One or two further members may be added later.