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18.
Mr. Thurnham
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide the most recently available figures comparing the increase in food prices and the retail prices index.
Mrs. Fenner
The most recently available figures show that in the year to March 1985, food prices increased by 3·6 per cent. and the retail price index by 6·1 per cent.