§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table showing the retail cost of condoms since 1988 in as an index of(a) cash prices and (b) in 1993 prices; and what steps he has taken to monitor and enforce the price formula set by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.
§ Mr. Neil HamiltonThe retail cost of condoms is published in the monthly "Chemist & Druggist Price List". Responsibility for monitoring the price control undertaking given by the London Rubber Company rests with the Director General of Fair Trading.
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table showing the value of(a) home production, (b) home sales, (c) imports, (d) exports, in cash and constant prices and (e) the share of home sales of imports of condoms in each year since 1988.
§ Mr. Neil HamiltonThe only publicly available information covers the import and export of hygienic and pharmaceutical articles, including contraceptive sheaths, teats, droppers and hot water bottles, and is as follows:
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Imports £ million Exports £ million 1988 10.5 9.7 1989 8.8 10.6 1990 12.3 12.1 1991 11.4 13.4 Further information may of course become available once the Monopolies and Mergers Commission has reported on its investigation into the market for contraceptive sheaths.