Retail Prices Index Advisory Committee

HC Deb 15 December 1994 vol 251 c788W

Mr. Matthew Banks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to receive a report from the retail prices index advisory committee.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

I have today received two reports from the Retail Prices Index Advisory Committee. It makes recommendations on the treatment in the RPI of owner-occupiers' housing costs and cars. The full reports are being published this afternoon as Cm 2717 and Cm 1716 respectively and copies are available in the Vote Office.

In due course, I will announce my response to the recommendations. The committee has now completed its consideration of the topics in its current terms of reference.