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Mr. Henderson
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the percentage increase in the retail price index from May 1978 to the most recent convenient date.
Mr. Bruce-Gardyne
The increase in the retail prices index between May 1978 and January 1982 was 58ยท7 per cent.