Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 December 1973.
The following table shows the increases in average retail prices between 16th June 1970 and 13th November 1973, the latest date for which information is available.
| Item | Change in Average Price (Money value) |
| Bacon (pence per lb.) | |
| Collar | + 21·3 |
| Gammon | + 28·2 |
| Middle | +25·6 |
| Back, smoked | + 29·3 |
| Back, unsmoked | + 28·2 |
| Streaky, smoked | + 21·5 |
| Eggs (pence per dozen) | |
| Large | + 22·4 |
| Standard | + 23·5 |
| Medium | + 24·3 |
