HC Deb 13 July 1950 vol 477 cc112-3W
62. Mr. Osborne

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much has production increased since his Budget statement.

Mr. Gaitskell

As I informed the House on Monday last the Index of Industrial Production shows an increase of 9 per cent. for the first four months of 1950 compared with the corresponding period in 1949. Information so far received suggests that in May the rate of increase was maintained at or near the same level.