§ Mr. Hordernasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table, from information available to him for international sources, of the proportion of gross national product, derived from gross fixed asset formation by enterprises annually from 1964 to the latest convenient date, in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, France, West Germany and Italy.
§ Mr. TaverneThe following information is from the latest available returns to the O.E.C.D.:
GROSS FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION BY ENTERPRISES AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT AT FACTOR COST 1964 1965 1966 1967 United States. 15.6* 16.0* 15.6* 15.1* United Kingdom. 17.3 17.6 17.6 17.7 France 21.9 22.1 22.0 22.0 West Germany. 25.4† 25.4† 24.6† 22.2† Italy 21.2 18.4 17.8 19.0 * Excluding expenditure by Government enterprises on machinery and equipment. † Excluding expenditure by Government enterprises on transport and communication.