HC Deb 11 July 1974 vol 876 c527W
7. Mr. Marten

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much wages have risen since 1966 compared with dividends on ordinary shares.

Mr. Joel Barnett

Between 1966 and 1973 the nation's wage and salary bill increased by about 85 per cent., whilst payments of dividends on ordinary shares, adjusted to a comparable basis in both years, rose by about 30 per cent.

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