asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy why the July report of the National Prices Commission has not been published to date and if he will arrange for its publication without further delay.
Written Answers. - NPC Report.
437.
The report of the National Prices Commission for July 1978 will be published on 13 October 1978.
The report raised issues of a complex nature requiring protracted consideration. This together with administrative difficulties due in part to the intervention of the holiday period has caused delay in the publication of the report.
438.
asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy if he will state, in relation to the recommendations from the National Prices Commission which he approved during the months of July, August and September 1978, the commodities in question and the extent of the increases; and, in relation to the recommendation which he did not approve, the increase recommended and the commodities concerned.
Details of price increase recommendations made by the National Prices Commission during the months of July, August and September 1978, will be set out in the commission's reports for these months. The press statements to be issued in connection with these reports will indicate which of these recommendations I have approved. The July report will be published on Friday next, 13 October 1978 and it is expected that the August/September 1978 report will be published towards the end of this month or early next month.