§ Mr. Norman Lamontasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the proportion of gross national product represented by profits for each of the six countries of the European Economic Community and the United Kingdom for each of the years 1965–72.
§ Mr. NottI regret that information on profits is not available for the six
OPERATING SURPLUS AS A PERCENTAGE OF NATIONAL INCOME 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 Belgium 38.7 36.3 36.3 36.6 36.8 35.8 n.a. France 37.5 37.9 38.1 37.7 380 38.0 n.a. Germany 35.7 34.7 34.4 36.2 34.7 33.2 n.a. Italy 42.2 42.9 42.8 42.6 42.7 40.3 n.a. Luxembourg 34.8 33.7 32.7 33.8 37.7 n.a. n.a. Netherlands 35.3 33.1 33.5 33.8 33.4 31.2 n.a. United Kingdom 24.6 22.9 23.7 23.2 22.1 20.5 20.2 n.a. = Not available. Sources:
E.E.C. Countries—National Accounts 1960–1970.
United Kingdom—National Income and Expenditure 1972 (adjusted to international definitions)