asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will compare the cost, as at October 1979, of the following items with that 12 months before as a percentage of the average wage in each case; pint of beer, bottle of whisky, bottle of vermouth, bottle of other alcoholic liquor, 20 cigarettes, large loaf, pint of milk, one pound of beef, one pound of pork, one pound of lamb, one pound of sausages, one pound of cheese, one pound of chicken, unit of electricity, unit of gas, gallon of petrol, the bus fare from Westminster to Putney, the underground fare from Westminster to Putney, the train fare from Waterloo to Putney and a second-class stamp for a letter.

I shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.