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Personal Incomes

Volume 941: debated on Monday 12 December 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the estimated minutes of work required to pay for the following items by a person earning the average industrial wage, net of income tax and national insurance or similar contributions, in each member country of the EEC, the United State, Canada and Japan; 20 cigarettes, one pint of beer, one bottle of whisky, live gallons of petrol, one quart of fresh milk, half a pound of tea, four ounces of coffee, a large loaf of bread, 14 pounds of potatoes, two pounds of beef sirloin, postage on five letters, five local telephone calls and a four-seater family car.