§ Mr. Freudasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table expressing company profits as a percentage of the 509W gross national product for each of the last 10 years.
§ Dr. GilbertThe information is given in the following table:
Trading profits(1) of companies as a percentage of gross national product at factor cost. 1964 … … … … 14.6 1965 … … … … 14.1 1966 … … … … 12.9 1967 … … … … 12.9 1968 … … … … 12.8 1969 … … … … 11.5 1970 … … … … 9.9 1971 … … … … 10.2 1972 … … … … 10.4 1973 … … … … 10.0 (1) Before allowing for capital consumption but after deducting stock appreciation.