§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Lord Whitty on 2 April (HL2157), since when they have measured inflation by movements in the average weekly earnings of regular full-time men farm workers; and whether they would regard movements in the price of wheat as equally valid for the purpose of updating the price of a game licence. [HL2415]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)My earlier Answer was intended to illustrate the relative effect of keeping the cost of a game licence constant over such a long period of time. Different indices would, of course, produce different current equivalents.